Former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for the 1987 assassination of pan-Africanist icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the ex-leader’s family after years of denial.
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BURKINA FASO: Trial Over Assassination Of Thomas Sankara Postponed For Two Weeks
A military court in Ouagadougou which began the long-awaited trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former president Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, was immediately adjourned.
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BURKINA FASO: Military Court Indicts Ex-President Compaore In Thomas Sankara’s Murder
A military court in Burkina Faso has indicted former President Blaise Compaore in connection to the 1987 murder of his charismatic ex-president, Thomas Sankara.
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