Burkina Faso: Justice for Thomas Sankara
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In Burkina Faso, a historic trial is taking shape for the death of iconic leader Thomas Sankara in 1987. But the main defendant and former president, Blaise Compaore, will be absent.
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In Burkina Faso, a historic trial is taking shape for the death of iconic leader Thomas Sankara in 1987. But the main defendant and former president, Blaise Compaore, will be absent.
Full ArticleThomas Sankara's widow speaks as the trial of those accused of killing her husband commences.
A trial on the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former president, Thomas Sankara, begins Monday, more than three decades after he..