Authorities are demanding the extradition of François Compaore, brother of former president Blaise Compaore, after the former was arrested in Paris in connection with the ... Read more »
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (1949-1987) was assassinated 31 years ago, on October 15, 1987. He was one of the most confident and outspoken anti-imperialist leaders of the late ... Read more »
Bafana Bafana have kept their slim chance of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup alive by thrashing Burkina Faso 3-1 in a Group D Africa qualifier at FNB Stadium. Read more »
The weekend attack at Aziz Istanbul, a Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou that left several patrons dead, follows a January 2016 siege at a cafe a few metres away that left 30 ... Read more »
Sébastien L, has been sentenced to a year in jail and banned from exercising an occupation that would bring him in contact with children. Read more »
Compaore, who fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast during a popular revolt in 2014 against his attempts to change the constitution and extend his 27-year-rule, is being tried in ... Read more »
Victor Moses will be missing in action when the Super Eagles take on Senegal and Burkina Faso in friendly games in London. Read more »
The Conversation Africa's Samantha Spooner asked Grace Villamor about her research on gender-specific responses by farmers in Benin. Read more »
The newly admitted African Union member has pledged U.S.$5 million for a feasibility study of the moving of the capital from Juba to Ramciel. Read more »
If Cameroon are to regain their previous status as a top African Cup of Nations team, they must overcome the loss of some key players. Their first opponents, Burkina Faso are a ... Read more »
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