But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in ...

3 October 2017 Burkina Faso don begin campaign to raise money for di construction of memorial statue for former president Thomas Sankara wey die for bloody coup for 1987. Thousands of people ...

In many African cosmologies, time is not a straight line but a sacred circle. Life and death are not opposites but phases of ...

Thomas Sankara, the visionary leader of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, once declared, “He who feeds you controls you.” Through ...

As the trial of the presumed assassins of Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara opened in October, we take a look back at the destinies of eight African presidents who were all assassinated while on duty.

In a continent where leadership has often meant self-preservation and allegiance to foreign interests, Captain Ibrahim Traoré ...

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The 37-year-old military officer emerged as Burkina Faso’s interim leader following the September 2022 coup d’état that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old president of Burkina Faso, is taking bold steps to reclaim control over the country's rich gold resources. He's nationalized two significant gold mines and stopped ...

A documentary about the struggle for affordable housing has won the prestigious President Thomas Sankara Award ... for cinema that I experienced in Burkina Faso has inspired me.

Thomas Sankara, the visionary leader of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, once declared, “He who feeds you controls you.” Through his uncompromising stance on sovereignty, self-reliance, and Pan ...