BURKINA FASO CRISIS OPPOSITION URGES COMPAORE TO QUIT
Related Stories Burkina Faso's opposition has renewed its call for the immediate resignation of President Blaise Compaore as hundreds of protesters gather in the capital, Ouagadougou...
DR CONGO TO EXPEL ACTIVISTS FROM SENEGAL BURKINA FASO
DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday...
WHILE BURKINA FASO HAS LARGELY BEEN SPARED FROM EXTREMIST VIOLENCE, A ROMANIAN NATIONAL WAS ABDUCTED IN APRIL, AND A MALI-BASED JIHADI GROUP CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY.
The announcement aired on national television and radio said the transitional government was dissolved and the interim president no longer in power...
RELATED STORIES BURKINA FASO'S MILITARY HAS SAID IT WILL INSTALL A TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT, DAYS AFTER IT SEIZED POWER AS PRESIDENT BLAISE COMPAORE RESIGNED.
Long-time leader Mr Compaore quit on Thursday, following days of anti-government protests...
HUNDREDS OF ANGRY DEMONSTRATORS IN BURKINA FASO STORMED PARLIAMENT BEFORE SETTING IT ON FIRE IN PROTEST AT PLANS TO ALLOW PRESIDENT BLAISE COMPAORE TO EXTEND HIS 27-YEAR RULE.
Protesters pose with a police shield outside the parliament in Ouagadougou as cars and documents burn outside...
THE BALAI CITOYEN MOVEMENT, INITIATED BY BURKINA FASO'S YOUTH, WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN LAST YEAR'S 30 OCTOBER POPULAR UPHEAVAL WHICH TOPPLED COMPAORE.
The presidential and legislative elections were supposed to take place in Burkina Faso on 11 October...
ROCH MARC CHRISTIAN KABORE WAS ELECTED BURKINA FASO'S PRESIDENT, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY RESULTS ANNOUNCED EARLY TUESDAY, REPLACING THE TRANSITIONAL GOVER
Electoral commission President Barthelemy Kere said 60 percent of the country's 5.5 million registered voters participated in Sunday's election...
THE ATTACK WOULD BE THE FIRST BY ISLAMIST MILITANTS IN THE CAPITAL OF BURKINA FASO.
Security forces in Burkina Faso have launched an assault to recapture a hotel in the capital stormed by suspected Islamist militants who took hostages...