Burkina Faso
On This Day In 1987: Burkina Faso’s Pan-African President Thomas Sankara Was Assassinated
By Mideast Monitor Photos: YouTube Screenshots On this day in 1987 Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was assassinated in a coup plot involving ...
Mali, Niger, And Burkina Faso Announce New ‘Alliance Of Sahel States’ Passport
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots The alliance formed last year by three junta-led West African nations — Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — ...
Burkina Faso: Attacks On Civilians Force Thousands Into Neighboring Niger
By United Nations Photos: YouTube Screenshots Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by non-State armed groups have forced thousands to flee to ...
Exiting Ecowas: The Implications For Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Photos: YouTube Screenshots “ECOWAS, under the influence of foreign powers, betraying its founding principles, has become a threat to its member state…” Niger, Mali ...
Niger, Mali And Burkina Faso Announce Withdrawal From ECOWAS
By Washington Post Photos: YouTube Screenshots DAKAR, Senegal — Three nations in Africa’s Sahel region announced Sunday that they were leaving the area’s most ...
Thomas Sankara: Africa Needs More Revolutionary Leaders
Thomas Sankara. Photo: Book cover–“Voices of Liberation: Thomas Sankara.” Thirty five years ago Africa’s struggle for true independence suffered a severe blow when Thomas ...
Burkina Faso Coup and Other Woes—United States of Africa remains Imperative
Kwame Nkrumah shown with Kennedy during a state visit to the United States in 1961. The U.S. was already working to depose him. In ...
Justice for Thomas Sankara: Extradite Blaise Compaore To Burkina Faso!
Convicted killer Blaise Compaore A military court in Burkina Faso on January 6, 2022 handed a life-sentence to former president Blaise Compaore for his ...
The Biden Administration, One Year in and We’re Still Left Out
President Biden. Shaky grounds. Photo: Gage Skidmore. “We are amazed but not amused – By all the things you say that you’ll do…But we ...
Guinea Coup: Will Useless President Conde Be Replaced By Useless Military?
Alpha Conde–good riddance. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. In Guinea a useless president was overthrown in a coup d’etat by a useless military on Sunday. Alpha ...
