Trial starts 34 years after Burkina Faso leader Sankara's assassination
The trial started Monday over the assassination of Burkina Faso's revered revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago.
Burkina's Sankara Reburied With Honors
Burkina Faso's former leader and anti-colonial icon Thomas Sankara and 12 of his followers were buried at the site of their 1987 assassination in Ouagadougou...
Murder trial begins in killing of Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara
Sankara – a Marxist revolutionary widely known as 'Africa's Che Guevara' – was killed in 1987 during a coup led by his former ally Blaise...
Conclusion of Sankara and Companions Case : A Salutary Trial. But the demands for truth continue
A historic trial has been concluded. It is with great satisfaction that we learn of the life sentences given to Blaise Compaoré, Gilbert Diendéré and...
Burkina Faso ex-leader bags life for Sankara assassination
The exiled leader fled the country after protesters threw him out of government, so he was convicted in absentia.
Burkina Faso commemorates 34th anniversary of Sankara's death
On Friday Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré laid a wreath at the Thomas Sankara memorial and unveiled a bust at the University...
Thomas Sankara, the hopeful leader whose country proved ungrateful
Thomas Sankara was expecting a long night. On the afternoon of October 15, 1987, fresh from a siesta, the man some called the Che Guevara of...
Thomas Sankara: last moments, last witnesses, last secrets…
When Mariam woke up, Thomas Sankara, who had finally joined her in bed, in his turn fell asleep. On her tiptoes, the president's wife leaves...
Who Killed African Icon Thomas Sankara? Trial Opens, 34 Years After His Death. (Published 2021)
The president of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, an anticolonial leader celebrated across the continent, was assassinated in 1987.
Video: Widow of slain ‘African Che Guevara’ seeks answers
More than 27 years after African hero Thomas Sankara's assassination, his widow, Mariam Sankara, tells FRANCE 24 she hopes the fall of...
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Widow of Thomas Sankara; public figure and advocate involved in social justice and women's rights issues in Burkina Faso.