 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Muna 1987, Blaise Compaoré akava mutungamiri wenyika uye, mushure mekunge vaedza kuedza kuputsa muna 1989, akazosarudzwa muna 1991 na1998, sarudzo dzakarambwa nevapikisi uye dzakagamuchira chikamu chakaderera zvikuru, uyewo muna 2005. Akaramba ari mutungamiri wenyika kusvikira abviswa pachigaro nekumukira kwevechidiki muna Gumiguru 31, 2014, mushure mezvo akaendeswa kuIvory Coast. Michel Kafando akazova mutungamiri wenyika. Musi wa16 September 2015, mauto akaita coup détatKurwisana nehurumende yaKafando kwakaitwa neRegiment of Presidential Security, vaimbova varindi vemutungamiri wenyika vaCompaoré. Musi wa24 Gunyana 2015, mushure mekumanikidzwa neAfrican Union, ECOWAS nemauto, mauto ehurumende akabvuma kusiya basa uye Michel Kafando akadzorerwa semutungamiri wenyika. Musarudzo dzakaitwa musi wa 29 Mbudzi 2015, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré akakunda musarudzo yekutanga aine 53.5 yemavhoti uye akapika semutungamiri wenyika musi wa 29 Zvita 2015. 