Burkina Faso's military leaders revive the legacy of Thomas Sankara to unite a nation facing severe extremism. A mausoleum honors Sankara, embodying his revolutionary ideals. Despite efforts to ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

Completed in 2025 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, has ...

Traore is busy misguiding himself on X. Niger’s Abdourahmane Tchiani has settled down to uneasy quiet, after an initial ...

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré designed the memorial in Ouagadougou in tribute to Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso ...

West African leaders have gathered in Burkina Faso to unveil a memorial to pan-African revolutionary Thomas Sankara.

The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project.

Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traore is acting like a rock star. It’s not entirely his fault. He’s receiving a lot of help from ...

Traore, who was in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, is Africa’s youngest leader ...

Today, a new face of revolution is emerging in Burkina Faso under the youthful and charismatic Captain Ibrahim Traoré. His image is cast in the mould of Thomas Sankara, evoking the anti ...

The face of Captain Ibrahim Traoré has been beaming across social media feeds throughout West Africa and from posters and placards hoisted in the streets of Burkina Faso‘s ... and is hailed as the ...

The Confluence of Conflict, Corruption, and Coronavirus in Burkina Faso The confluence of political, institutional, and societal breakdown, the murderous activity of militias and radical jihadist ...