'Africa's Che Guevara': Thomas Sankara's legacy
The late president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara - an icon for many young Africans in the 1980s - remains to some a heroic "African Che Guevara".
The late president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara - an icon for many young Africans in the 1980s - remains to some a heroic "African Che Guevara".
The Grammy-winning musician shares the prize with three African youth activist movements, who show 'exceptional courage' standing up to...
The world witnessed the 27-year reign of Burkina Faso's strongman president, Blaise Compaoré, unravel in less than 72 hours.
World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared this year's joint...
CIVICUS speaks with Ousmane Miphal Lankoandé, Executive Secretary and Coordinator of the governance and citizen mobilisation programme at...
Burkinabe want to sweep out bad governance, political patronage, poverty, lack of respect for human rights and freedom of speech.
Burkinabe rapper and activist with Le Balai Citoyen, Smockey, became the inaugural Music in Exile Fellow at the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression...
In 2014, a popular uprising in Burkina Faso ended the rule of President Blaise Compaoré. He had been in power for 27 years.
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Grassroots civic movement ("The Citizen's Broom") founded in 2013 by Smockey and Sams'K Le Jah; a youth-led movement that mobilized mass protests and civic action in Burkina Faso, notably in 2014.