Compaoré swept from power after 27 years following popular uprising against plans to extend his ruleDavid Smith, Africa correspondent, Friday 31 October 2014 15.04 GMTBlaise Compaoré, who has resigned as president of Burkina Faso after protests against a planned vote to alter the constitution. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersBurkina Faso’s president, Blaise Compaoré, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, has been swept from power after 27...