OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's leader Blaise Compaore won a presidential election in his West African state with a massive 80.21 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results released ...
Five years after the people of Burkina Faso rose up against Blaise Compaore, chasing him out of the nation he ruled with an iron fist for 27 years, dire living conditions are prompting nostalgia for ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore returned to the West African country Thursday, the first time since being ousted in a popular uprising eight years ago.