Burkina Faso, Campaore coupDr. Gary K. Busch
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday its intelligence and security services had thwarted a coup attempt and were actively pursuing others believed involved in what it called a bid to “throw our country into chaos.” A junta stat...
na Faso Is Reversed Coup in Burkina Faso Is ReversedCoup in Burkina Faso Is ReversedBonkoungou, Mathieu
Six years after being elected, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was overthrown by the military within the space of a few hours on 23 January. We bring you an exclusive account of the hours that saw Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba seize power.
Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso, meaning "the country of honorable people." But many of the strict security and austerity measures taken by Sankara provoked resistance. Despite his initial popularity and personal charisma, Sankara was assassinated in a coup which brought Capt. Blaise ...
Burkina Faso had already been suspended from the West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States, though ECOWAS stopped short of imposing sanctions after the Jan. 24 coup that deposed President Roch Kabore. While regional leaders and allies have condemned the coup, which ...
Damiba had just returned from addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York as Burkina Faso's head of state. Tensions, though, had been mounting for months. In his speech, Damiba defended his January coup as "an issue of survival for our nation," even if it was "perhaps reprehensib...
date set Burkina Faso: Sankara’s trial to proceed … without CompaoréBurkina Faso’s military prosecutor has announced the opening of a trial of the alleged killers of former President Thomas Sankara and his companions in October 1987. Among the accused is another former president, Blaise Compaor...
Captain Thomas Sankara, the military dictator of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), initiated many radical reforms during his tenure. He had a charismatic knack for diffusing enmity from his opponents. In the absence of serious opposition from traditional political forces, it was a growing lack ...
Members of Burkina Faso's military announce their coup live on state television, January 24, 2022 © Telegram / RT News Members of the African nation’s military say they’ve deposed the president, seized control, and suspended the constitution Members of Burkina Faso’s military appeared on...