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Thomas Sankara, the “African Che”
By Lucas Minisini Published today at 04:00 Reserved for our subscribers ReportDied in 1987 at the age of 37, the former president of Burkina Faso has become an icon. While…
Blaise Compaor sentenced to life for the assassination of Thomas Sankara
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Ousted Burkinabe president Blaise Compaor was sentenced by a military court on Wednesday to life imprisonment for the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara. Thomas Sankara, a…
at the Sankara trial, the noose tightens around the alleged sponsors of the assassination
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at the Sankara trial, a member of the commando tells the details of the assassination
Opening of the trial of the alleged perpetrators of Thomas Sankara’s assassination in Ouagadougou, October 11, 2021. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP First of the defendants to speak before the…
In Burkina, the trial of the assassination of Sankara resumes after two weeks of suspension
Before the opening of the trial, in Ouagadougou, on October 11, 2021. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP The trial of the alleged assassins of the “revolutionary” president of Burkina Faso,…
Barely opened, the trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara already postponed
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In Burkina Faso, thirty-four years later, the start of the Thomas Sankara assassination trial
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Thomas Sankara assassination trial to begin October 11
A Burkinabe soldier salutes a giant portrait of Thomas Sankara, in Ouagadougou, October 15, 2019. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP The trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon…