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Burkina Faso: military stage coup to avert revolution

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Ben Morken
02 February 2022

On 23 January, soldiers led by lieutenant-colonel Paul-Henri Damiba seized control of a military base in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Shortly afterwards, gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence and several military barracks. Several hours later, President Roch Kaboré was reported to have been detained by the soldiers.

Burkina Faso: A move towards justice for Sankara under the pressure of the revolutionary masses

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Ben Morken
14 December 2015

The authorities in Burkina Faso recently announced that they are formally charging Gilbert Diendéré, the notorious former commander of the secret services of the Blaise Compaoré regime, the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP), with the murder of Thomas Sankara in 1987. The murder charges relating to Sankara’s death are in addition to the charges that he faces in relation to the defeated right-wing coup that he launched in September. The bringing of this central figure involved in Sankara’s murder to justice represents an important gain for the revolution which broke out in October 2014.

Mass mobilisations to smash the coup in Burkina Faso

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Ben Morken
22 September 2015

Over the last few days, the events in Burkina Faso have been moving at lightning speed. Just weeks before elections were due to be held, the most reactionary wing of the regime, the Presidential Protection Regiment (RSP), overthrew the transitional government in a coup. This has interrupted the country’s so-called transitional period and it has thrown the regime into complete chaos.

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  1. Right wing coup in Burkina Faso - Balai Citoyen calls for mass mobilisations
  2. Burkina Faso: Regime in crisis before the elections
  3. Burkina Faso: One leader after another overthrown by revolutionary masses
  4. The revolutionary reawakening of Burkina Faso
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