Burkina Faso’s interim military leader, Isaac Zida, a lieutenant colonel, has dismissed the sanctions and threats made by the African Union (AU) in the wake of Burkina Faso power transition.
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The transition of power in Burkina Faso should last up to a year, with elections to take place in November 2015, John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian president (pictured), told Reuters on Wednesday.
President Goodluck Jonathan would be travelling to Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, to intervene in the crisis that has engulfed the country in the last one week. The country has
Hundreds of soldiers in Burkina Faso on Thursday joined demonstrators opposing plans to extend President Blaise Compaore’s nearly three-decade rule,
Protesters in Burkina Faso on Thursday stormed the national assembly complex in Ouagadougou, capital of the country, chanting anti-government songs and disrupting proceedings
Thousands of protesters marched through Burkina Faso’s capital city on Tuesday to express their anger at a proposed constitutional amendment