Bloomberg Burkina Faso’s exiled former president stands trial on Monday for the murder of Thomas Sankara, the iconic African leader killed in a putsch three decades ago. Blaise Compaore, who ruled the West African nation for 27 years until he was removed in a popular uprising in 2014, will be tried in absentia at a military tribunal in the capital, ...

Bloomberg China and India blamed each other for a lack of progress in finding ways to ease friction along their disputed border, underscoring the lingering ill will following clashes last year. The Chinese side “made great efforts” to calm tensions during a meeting of military officials, Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesperson for the Western theater of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), ...

Bloomberg Austria’s new Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg vowed to work closely with his predecessor and future party whip, Sebastian Kurz, who was reduced to a parliamentary role by a corruption scandal. The new premier, almost two decades older than Kurz, said he’ll continue to work along the lines of a coalition program signed with the Green Party in 2020. That includes ...