A military tribunal sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré, who is now in exile, to life in prison for his role in the 1987 assassination. By Declan Walsh Thirty-five years after the killing of ...

Burkina Faso's army, politicians and civil society leaders agreed to a one-year political transition with elections in November 2015 following highly charged crisis talks. The talks, mediated by three ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - In the build-up to this past week's mass protests in Burkina Faso that ended Blaise Compaore's 27-year rule, statesmen from French President Francois Hollande to former U.N.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's leader Blaise Compaore won a presidential election in his West African state with a massive 80.21 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results released ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Blaise Compaore is a President for Burkina Faso with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1998 Statement. The year with the highest average number ...