Burkina Faso

The last French soldiers leave Niger.

West African coups: Just changing masters

Paul Martial — Mali, then Burkina Faso, and finally Niger have experienced coups d’état. Some see the coup leaders as new heralds of Africa’s liberation. Unfortunately, the reality is quite different.

Thomas Sankara: An icon of revolution

By Yanis Iqbal

'Our stomachs will make themselves heard': What Sankara can teach us about food justice today

By Amber Murrey May 19, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Pambazuka News -- In recent weeks, news of food crises in countries across Africa has been intensifying. From the Democratic Republic of Congo all the way down to South Africa – via Malawi, Zimbabwe, Angola and many others – low rainfall has contributed to millions more being left vulnerable.

Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso's 'Black Spring'

Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary
By Ernest Harsch,
Ohio University Press, 2014.

Haiti: Promised rebuilding unrealised; authoritarian rule challenged

Important achievements in earthqu

How citizens’ revolt in Burkina Faso unfolded

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Burkina Faso's revolution: 'Blaise dégage! Sankara vit!' (Get out Blaise! Sankara lives!)

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Burkina Faso: 'Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary', new book by Ernest Harsch (audio)

Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara inspires new generation of anti-government activists

Thomas Sankara meets Fidel Castro.

Thomas Sankara: Revolution and the emancipation of women

"The revolution and women’s liberation go together.

African revolutionary Thomas Sankara's example lives on

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