Mariam Sankara, the widow of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara, says “justice is needed” and all the families need to know the truth. Sankara was assassinated in 1987, having taken power in ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was gunned down in one of the ...

Campaore, pictured during a visit to Washington in 2014, is being tried in absentia for the assassination of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara - Copyright AFP/File ALEX ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a ...

Ramata Sore posts a statement by Mariam Sankara (Fr), wife of assassinated former president Thomas Sankara, thanking the Burkinabe people for their warm welcome. Mrs. Sankara returned to Burkina Faso ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso's interim president says he will allow investigations to be conducted on the remains of Thomas Sankara, a former president whose death nearly 30 years ago ...

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Mariam Sankara, the widow of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara, says “justice is needed” and all the families need to know the truth. Sankara was assassinated in 1987, having taken power in ...

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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — A military court in Burkina Faso on Monday started the trial of 14 people including former President Blaise Compaore for the killing of influential ...