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Key defendant in Burkina’s Sankara trial pleads not guilty

YoopyaNov 9, 2021June 13, 20230

General Gilbert Diendere, a key defendant in a trial over the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, pleaded not guilty at the

Over 90 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion

YoopyaNov 6, 2021June 13, 20230

A massive fireball sparked by a fuel tanker explosion killed 92 people in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the West African country’s vice president said on

US orders diplomats out of Ethiopia as rebels approach capital

YoopyaNov 6, 2021June 13, 20230

The US said on Saturday it had ordered all of its non-essential diplomats and their families to leave Ethiopia, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged

Sports: African players in Europe: Proud Zaha, outrageous Khazri

YoopyaNov 1, 2021June 13, 20230

Ivorian Wilfried Zaha scored for Crystal Palace in a stunning 2-0 Premier League triumph over Manchester City at the weekend, then endured online racist abuse.

Bill Clinton recovering from urological infection, aide says

YoopyaOct 16, 2021June 13, 20230

Bill Clinton will remain hospitalized overnight as he recovers from a urological infection. But a spokesman said Friday that he was doing better and was

Africa’s largest film festival kicks off in Burkina Faso

YoopyaOct 16, 2021June 13, 20230

Africa’s largest film festival kicks off Saturday in Burkina Faso amid both the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing jihadi insurgency in the West African nation

U.S. donates 17 million J&J doses to African Union

YoopyaOct 16, 2021June 13, 20230

President Joe Biden told visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday that the United States will make a one-time donation of more than 17 million

Burkina Faso starts trial on killing of ex-leader Sankara

YoopyaOct 12, 2021June 13, 20230

A military court in Burkina Faso on Monday started the trial of 14 people including former President Blaise Compaore for the killing of influential leftist

After 34 years, Sankara murder trial begins in Burkina Faso

YoopyaOct 12, 2021June 13, 20230

The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was