by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 1, 2014 | World
Ouagadougou, Reuters—An officer in Burkina Faso’s presidential guard seized power on Saturday promising to lead the West African country to elections after the resignation of longtime President Blaise Compaore, in an apparent putsch against the military chief of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2014 | World
Ouagadougou, Reuters—Hundreds of protesters marched in the capital of Burkina Faso on Friday demanding that President Blaise Compaore step down, a day after the military dissolved parliament and announced a transitional government in the face of violent mass protests....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2014 | World
Ouagadougou, Reuters—Thousands of protesters marched on Burkina Faso’s presidential palace after burning the parliament building and ransacking state television offices on Thursday, forcing President Blaise Compaore to scrap a plan to extend his 27-year rule....
