FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the late president Thomas Sankara gather at the his memorial site in Ouagadougou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's former president, Blaise Compaore, has apologised to ...

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré speaks to the media after a meeting with France's President François Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore returned to the West African country Thursday, the first time since being ousted in a popular ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A Burkina ...

FILE - Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore speaks to the media after a meeting with France's President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sept. 18, 2012. Compaore, who was ousted in a ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's former President Blaise Compaore returned to the West African country Thursday, the first time since being ousted in a popular uprising eight years ago.