Are the Burkinabés living up to the name coined by the great military leader, Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara? Thomas Sankara; a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. A charismatic and iconic figure of revolution.Burkina Faso Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, is a landlocked country surrounded by Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest.

n the aftermath of the failed coup in Burkina Faso, concerns are now on how to get the electoral process back on track. The underlying tensions in Burkina Faso’s latest political bout dates back decades. Compaore took power in a coup’d’etat in 1987 during which President Thomas Sankara was killed. In 2000, constitution was amended, which limits presidents to two terms of five years. However, on 30th of October, 2014, the National Assembly was scheduled to vote on a constitutional amendment that would scrap set term limits. This led to several protests...

http://nextpeacefulelection.com/2015/10/05/burkina-faso-land-of-upright-man/

Seen, but I like Burkina Faso