Thomas Sankara murder: Ex-Burkina Faso President Compaoré found guilty
Sankara remains a hero for many across Africa because of his anti-imperialist stance and austere lifestyle.
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Sankara remains a hero for many across Africa because of his anti-imperialist stance and austere lifestyle.
Sankara was assassinated in 1987 and a trial was launched into his killing last year, after French authorities finally agreed to release military documents detailing the circumstances of his death.
The slaying of Sankara, a pan-Africanist icon, has for years cast a shadow over the impoverished Sahel state, fuelling its reputation for turbulence and bloodshed.
Sankara took power in the Sahel state in 1983, renaming the country the following year from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, which means “land of the honest men”.
Burkina Faso has foiled a coup plot by forces loyal to ousted President Blaise Compaore, the interior minster says. At least 10 of the plotters had been arrested, but the top suspects were still on the run, the minister said. The coup was to have been staged on 8 October, with an attack on the […]
The leader of September’s short-lived coup in Burkina Faso has been charged with complicity in the 1987 murder of former President Thomas Sankara.
The leader of last month’s short-lived coup in Burkina Faso has been charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder.
Burkina Faso’s interim government says the army has retaken the barracks of the presidential guard that staged a coup earlier this month.
A unit of guards that carried out a coup in Burkina Faso before handing back power is refusing to disarm.
Burkina Faso’s coup leader has defied an ultimatum to step down, saying his forces will retaliate if attacked.