Completed in 2025 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, has ...

In Burkina Faso, a “site of fear” has been transformed into one of remembrance and hope with the opening of a mausoleum ...

Francis Kéré’s work evokes the universal values of Thomas Sankara, the former Burkinabé president assassinated in a coup, and ...

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré designed the memorial in Ouagadougou in tribute to Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

As South Africa releases its latest crime statistics. Who are the main victims of violent crime and why does the country have such a reputation? Is there "democratic backsliding" in East Africa? What ...

This week on Dezeen, we revealed a 3D-printed tower in a small mountain village in Switzerland that was modelled on a cake.

Flt-Lt. Jerry John Rawlings was a close associate of Captain Sankara, who was assassinated on October 15, 1987, aged 37 years ...

Ghana’s Minister for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has led a high-powered delegation to Ouagadougou to represent President ...

The family of former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has expressed gratitude to the government and people of Burkina ...

Burkina Faso's military leaders revive the legacy of Thomas Sankara to unite a nation facing severe extremism. A mausoleum honors Sankara, embodying his revolutionary ideals. Despite efforts to ...