Burkina Faso President
-
{
- All
- News
-
Burkina Faso's President Michel Kafando Back in Charge as Coup Fails
The president of Burkina Faso president was back in charge on Wednesday and said he would resume overseeing a transition to democracy, ending a coup by presidential guard soldiers who took him hostage last week.
-
Rwanda Opposition Seeks to Block Third Term Change for Kagame
Rwanda's Green Party, the country's tiny but main opposition, said today it was challenging moves to change the constitution to allow strongman and President Paul Kagame to stand for a third consecutive term in elections in 2017.
-
Burkina Faso to Exhume Body of Slain Ex-Leader Thomas Sankara
The remains of slain former president Thomas Sankara and 12 of his colleagues who were assassinated during a coup d'etat in 1987 will be exhumed Monday, a judicial source said Sunday.
-
Lieutenant Colonel Issaac Zida Says Taking Power in Burkina Faso
Lieutenant Colonel Issaac Zida said on Saturday he was taking over as head of state in Burkina Faso, in an apparent putsch against the military chief of staff Honore Traore who had earlier said he would lead a transition.
-
Protests Force Out Burkina Faso's President, Soldiers Vie For Power
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore resigned on Friday amid mass street protests at his attempts to extend his 27-year rule, plunging the West African nation into uncertainty as junior officers vied with top military brass for power.
-
Experts to Begin 'Difficult' Probe into Air Algerie Crash
Investigators were due on the site of the Air Algerie plane disaster in Mali today to try and determine why the jetliner came down with such force that it completely disintegrated.
-
Burkina Faso's President Michel Kafando Back in Charge as Coup Fails
The president of Burkina Faso president was back in charge on Wednesday and said he would resume overseeing a transition to democracy, ending a coup by presidential guard soldiers who took him hostage last week.
-
Rwanda Opposition Seeks to Block Third Term Change for Kagame
Rwanda's Green Party, the country's tiny but main opposition, said today it was challenging moves to change the constitution to allow strongman and President Paul Kagame to stand for a third consecutive term in elections in 2017.
-
Burkina Faso to Exhume Body of Slain Ex-Leader Thomas Sankara
The remains of slain former president Thomas Sankara and 12 of his colleagues who were assassinated during a coup d'etat in 1987 will be exhumed Monday, a judicial source said Sunday.
-
Lieutenant Colonel Issaac Zida Says Taking Power in Burkina Faso
Lieutenant Colonel Issaac Zida said on Saturday he was taking over as head of state in Burkina Faso, in an apparent putsch against the military chief of staff Honore Traore who had earlier said he would lead a transition.
-
Protests Force Out Burkina Faso's President, Soldiers Vie For Power
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore resigned on Friday amid mass street protests at his attempts to extend his 27-year rule, plunging the West African nation into uncertainty as junior officers vied with top military brass for power.
-
Experts to Begin 'Difficult' Probe into Air Algerie Crash
Investigators were due on the site of the Air Algerie plane disaster in Mali today to try and determine why the jetliner came down with such force that it completely disintegrated.
