Blaise Compaoré wigeze kuyobora Burkina Faso ashobora kugezwa imbere y'ubutabera kubera uruhare yaba yaragize mu rupfu rwa Thomas Sankara.
Urukiko rwa gisirikari muri iki gihugu ni rwo rwatangaje ko rugiye gutangiza iburanisha rya Compaore wahunze igihugu akuwe ku butegetsi n’imyigaragambyo y’abaturage bamusabaga kuva ku butegetsi. Ibi bibaye nyuma y’uko ubushinjacyaha bwemeje ibyaha Compaore n’abandi 13 ashinjanwa nabo bakurikiranyweho.
Compaore wamaze ku butegetsi imyaka 27 kuva mu 1987 nyuma y’urupfu rwa Sankara ashinjwa kugira uruhare mu kwica uwo yasimbuye ku butegetsi.
Uyu wahoze ayobora Burkina Faso, ubu akaba yarahungiye muri Cote d’Ivoire na bagenzi be bareganwa, barashinjwa ibyaha birimo guhungabanya umudendezo w’igihugu, ubufatanyacyaha mu bwicanyi no guhisha imibiri y’abambuwe ubuzima.
Thomas Sankara yafashe ubutegetsi mu 1983, ategeka Burkina Faso kugeza mu 1987 ubwo yicwaga afite imyaka 37.
Blaise Compaore yashyiriweho impapuro mpuzamahanga zo kumuta muri yombi mu 2016.