A look back at the major African news stories of 2022
From the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to coups d'état in Burkina Faso and the French military withdrawal from Mali, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the news highlights from Africa this year.…
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Burkina ex-leader Compaoré apologises to family of slain revolutionary icon Sankara
Issued on: 26/07/2022 - 15:46Modified: 26/07/2022 - 15:49
Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of…
Burkina Faso’s ex-president Compaoré sentenced to life over pan-African folk hero Sankara’s murder
Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment over his role in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, a military court ruled on Wednesday, wrapping up a…
Ex-Burkina Faso president Compaore’s murder trial to begin on October 11
Issued on: 17/08/2021 - 22:40
Burkina Faso's exiled former president Blaise Compaore will be tried from October 11 for the murder of Thomas Sankara, the man he ousted in a 1987 coup,…
France clears extradition of Francois Compaore, brother of Burkina Faso’s ex-president
Issued on: 30/07/2021 - 18:16
France on Friday cleared the extradition of Francois Compaore, the brother of Burkina Faso's former president, to his home country where he is wanted in…