The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as "Africa's Che Guevara" as a way to rally a country ...

Completed in 2025 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, has ...

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré designed the memorial in Ouagadougou in tribute to Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

In Burkina Faso, a “site of fear” has been transformed into one of remembrance and hope with the opening of a mausoleum ...

Francis Kéré’s work evokes the universal values of Thomas Sankara, the former Burkinabé president assassinated in a coup, and ...

Burkina Faso's military leaders revive the legacy of Thomas Sankara to unite a nation facing severe extremism. A mausoleum honors Sankara, embodying his revolutionary ideals. Despite efforts to ...

A governmental delegation from Ghana joined the government and people of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou at the inauguration of a ...

Hundreds of young people gathered over the weekend in the capital, Ouagadougou, for the opening of a mausoleum for legendary leader Thomas Sankara. “I’m the driver of the revolution!" ...

People visit the newly inaugurated mausoleum for Burkina Faso's legendary leader Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou on May 17. (AP ...