Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba attends his swearing-in ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Feb. 16, 2022. Damiba was sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday. (Burkina Faso's Presidency/Handout via Xinhua) OUAGADOUGOU, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Lt. Col. Paul-He...
16 (Xinhua) -- Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday in a televised ceremony. Damiba, head of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, took his oath in front of the Constitutional Council to "preserve, ...
FILE PHOTO: President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, in New York September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for compl...
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THE military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup has freed interim President Michel Kafando and two of his ministers from detention, the junta’s leader said yesterday as security forces fired in the air to quell protests. ...
Compaoré, who was known as “Beau Blaise” (Handsome Blaise), became president of Burkina Faso in 1987 after a coup in which his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, was assassinated. Compaoré was blamed by many for Sankara’s death. Eventually, he was able to reinvent himself into somewhat of a...
It states that the interim president will not be eligible to run in presidential, legislative and municipal elections marking the end of his or her mandate. ECOWAS is struggling to facilitate a return to constitutional order in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, all of which have seen mili...
Is Ghana warming up to Burkina Faso despite ECOWAS tension and strained ties?The presence of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, at the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Mahama has sparked intense publ... go again ...
of Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso) and the first round was held on June 27, 2010. Born in Boke (Lower Guinea), Alpha Conde left for France at the age of 15 years attend high school and university (Sciences Po Paris, Sorbonne). In 1970, he was a victim of the regime ...