Burkina Faso junta pardons 21 soldiers jailed for 2015 failed coup; move aims to boost army's anti-terror fight amid ongoing ...

Traoré announced an "amnesty pardon" in December last year for several people convicted over the 2015 attempt to overthrow the transitional government in place after the fall of former president ...

The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according to an official decree seen by AFP on Monday .

In December 2023, Traore announced a general amnesty for several individuals convicted of attempting to overthrow the transitional government that was established after former President Blaise ...

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, has a rich and complex political history shaped by kingdoms, colonization, ...

BC: Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus. 1199: Death of Richard ...

The popular uprisings over the past few days in Burkina Faso against President Blaise Compaore have been a long time coming and have justice firmly on their side. Captain Thomas Sankara was propelled ...