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Burkina Faso Issues Arrest Warrant For Blaise Compaore Over Sankara Killing

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:11:53 +0000

The government of Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the murder of former President Thomas Sankara, news reports said Monday. Sankara, a revolutionary figure who is still a hero to many in West Africa, was killed on October 15, 1987 during the coup that brought [...]

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#Africa > Military coup protesters killed in Burkina Faso

AMA — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:05:10 +0000

Not less than three people have been killed and 60 injured during street clashes in Burkina Faso’s capital as protesters demonstrated against a military coup, a senior source in the main hospital has said. Witnesses said that soldiers fired warning shots on Thursday to disperse crowds gathering in the streets of Ouagadougou, who responded by [...]

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#Africa > Burkina Faso Military confirms Coup

AMA — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:05:53 +0000

The military in Burkina Faso has taken to the airwaves to declare it now controls the country, confirming that a coup has taken place – just weeks before national elections. In the announcement aired early on Thursday on national television and radio, the statement said that the transitional government had been dissolved. The statement came [...]

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Burkina Faso bars opposition candidate from polls

AMA — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 10:21:01 +0000

Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Council has rejected the chosen nominee of the ousted President Blaise Compaore’s party prompting threats of a boycott of the presidential elections slated to be held in October. Eddie Constance Konboigo, head of Compaore’s Congress for Democracy and Progress party, was among six candidates barred from running on Saturday, along with Gilbert [...]

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