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Burkina Faso is restoring Thomas Sankara’s legacy with a bronze statue

March 4, 2019Quartz Africa

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

As Robert Mugabe finds a new home, here’s where other African dictators went to retire

Nov. 23, 2017Quartz Africa

DARE TO INVENT THE FUTURE

It’s been 30 years since Africa’s last great revolutionary leader was killed

Oct. 15, 2017Quartz Africa

Burkina Faso swears in the country’s third civilian president ever

Dec. 30, 2015Quartz Africa

Burkina Faso’s interim president is back in charge after a week-long coup

Sept. 23, 2015Quartz Africa

Photos: Soldiers crush protests in Burkina Faso

Sept. 18, 2015Quartz Africa

The story of the elite presidential guard that overthrew Burkina Faso’s government

Sept. 17, 2015Quartz Africa

NOTHING WILL BE LIKE BEFORE

Burkina Faso, the hope of an “African Spring,” is in the middle of a military coup

Sept. 17, 2015Quartz Africa

Why Burkina Faso’s late revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara still inspires young Africans

May 31, 2015Quartz Africa