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Burkina Faso buries exhumed remains of murdered ex-leader Sankara

The exhumed remains of Burkina Faso's beloved ex-president Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder shocked the West African nation, were laid to rest at a ceremony in the capital Ouagadougou on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Burkina Faso's vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk

A gold mining boom in Burkina Faso over the last decade propelled Boukary Diallo from being a vendor on a market stall to running a meat business supplying a mine near Ouahigouya, his home town in the north of the country.

Reuters · Nov 28, 2022

Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government

Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and constitution, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening.

Reuters · Sep 30, 2022