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THOMAS SANKARA CASE – Hyacinthe Kafando not found for more than five years

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Hyacinthe Kafando, Blaise Compaoré’s former head of security in 1987, has been off the radar for more than five years. He is one of the accused of the murder of former Burkinabe president Thomas Sankara. Actively sought because of the international arrest warrant issued against him, he was reportedly located for the last time in Côte d’Ivoire in 2016. In August 2015, in the midst of a political transition, Blaise Compaoré’s former head of security reportedly left the country so as not to take up justice.

Hyacinthe Kafando, former head of security of Blaise Compaoré, is wanted by the military justice. Accused of being part of the coup that led to the death of President Thomas Sankara, he has reportedly left Burkina Faso since 2015 in order not to be held accountable for his actions. In 2015, while the investigating judge issued a summons, he preferred to flee with the complicity of Yacouba Isaac Zida, the former President and former Prime Minister of the transition.  

This supposed flight of Hyacinthe Kafando not to respond to justice is a revelation made by General Gilbert Diendéré in the minutes of the attempted coup in 2015. The general claimed that Yacouba Isaac Zida, strong man of Blaise Compaoré, advised Hyacinthe Kafando not to respond to the summons of the judge and to leave the territory. Something the security chief of the former president would have done since 2015.

It should be noted that the long-awaited trial by the family of Thomas Sankara and the Burkinabe people was postponed until Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Former President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré, in exile in Côte d’Ivoire, will be tried for the assassination of his predecessor during the 1987 coup d’état that brought him to power.

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BURKINA FASO – Ouagadougou and Dakar join forces to fight terrorism

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Ousmane Sonko and Ibrahim Traoré

The Senegalese Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko made his first official visit to Burkina Faso on Friday, May 16, 2025. During this visit, he reaffirmed to Captain Ibrahim Traoré the willingness of Senegal to provide its support in the face of the terrorist threat in the Sahel.
On an official visit to Ouagadougou, Ousmane Sonko, Prime Minister of Senegal, was received in audience by the President of the Transition of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Accompanied by three members of his government—Yassine Fall, Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration; Birame Diop, Minister of the Armed Forces; and Khady Diène Gaye, Minister of Sport — The head of the Senegalese government engaged in more diplomatic exchanges at the summit.

This first visit to Burkina Faso takes place against a background of high security tensions in the region. At the end of his meeting with President Traoré, Ousmane Sonko wished to express “the solidarity of the Senegalese people towards the people of Burkina Faso in the face of this test imposed on them, which they did not choose”. In addition, he provided “absolute support” to the transitional authorities and affirmed Senegal’s readiness to consider “any possibility of collaboration and support” in the face of the terrorist threat. He also stressed the need for a united and structured response, because, he said: “None of our countries can escape this gangrene”.

Ousmane Sonko, in his statements, calls for a collective approach to security in West Africa. He also said: “It is illusory to believe that the security threat will stop at the borders of Burkina Faso, Mali or Niger. It is a struggle of all West Africa”.

Ousmane Sonko not only spoke to Ouagadougou, but also to Bamako and Niamey.

Apart from the diplomatic issues, the visit of the Senegalese Prime Minister also has a historical dimension. Indeed, on Saturday, May 17, 2025, he took part in the inauguration of the Thomas Sankara Mausoleum, an emblematic figure of Pan-Africanism and its 12 companions in Ouagadougou. For the Senegalese Prime Minister, Thomas Sanka who is one of his master thinkers “has been illuminating all the pan-Africanist and sovereignist struggles on the continent for a few decades”. He also planned to meet with the Senegalese community living in Burkina Faso.

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BURKINA FASO – Draft revision of the constitution: The ESC and the Ombudsman of Faso removed, French will no longer be the official language

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The adoption of a bill revising the Constitution, this is the main information from the Council of Ministers. As implications included in this bill, the Minister of Justice, Rodrigue Bayala, has indicated that French will become a working language and national languages will become official languages.

Institutions such as the Ombudsman of Faso and the Economic and Social Council (ESC) will also be abolished. Their duties and functions will be entrusted to an institution called the “Conseil national des communautés”. According to the minister in charge of justice, this new institution will be composed of religious leaders, customary and grassroots communities.

The transformation of the National Intelligence Agency into the National Security Council, a body that will be constitutionalized and the abolition of the High Court of Justice are also reforms contained in the draft text.

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BURKINA FASO – A major terrorist attack targets the city of Djibo in the Sahel

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The city of Djibo, located in the Sahel region, was the subject of a terrorist attack in the afternoon of Sunday, November 26, 2023. Numerous assailants arrived by motorcycle and car stormed the camp of the group of anti-terrorist forces and several strategic sites of the city. For more than two hours, they shot at the people, burned and looted everything they could. For the moment, no official communication on the outcome of this attack.

According to the news agency of Burkina it is «nearly 3,000 terrorists» who attacked the city of Djibo. Witnesses on the spot explain that the attackers came in large numbers and attacked the strategic points of the city, including the camp of the military detachment.

“The fighting was particularly violent at the military camp,” Burkina Faso’s news agency said. For several hours, the attackers occupied it just like the rest of the city. A security source reveals that “soldiers fell, all collective weapons, all ammunition and armoured vehicles carried away.”

A counter-offensive was carried out and «more than 400 terrorists» killed, says the Burkina news agency. A figure that cannot be independently verified. In addition, the agency does not mention possible losses and material damage, on the side of the Burkinabe forces.

For more than two years, the city of Djibo has been under the blockade of armed terrorist groups. The inhabitants are supplied by a WFP airlift or by the rare convoys escorted by the army of Burkina Faso. These convoys are regularly attacked by armed terrorist groups.

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