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Thomas Sankara, revolutionary leader, reburied in Burkina Faso

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara was assassinated nearly 30 years ago. His body was reinterred there with the remains of 12 other comrades. Sankara’s family requested the government bury him elsewhere. Thomas Sankara, the charismatic and revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated nearly 30 years ago; his body was reinterred there with the remains of 12 other … Read more

Burkinabe ex-president Compaore gets life in prison for Sankara murder

Compaore

It’s in Burkina Faso.  Blaise Compaore, the former president of Burkina Faso, was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for his role in the killing of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, in a coup in 1987. A military tribunal ruled on Wednesday. When Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary, was 37, he was killed in the … Read more