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Burkina Faso: Sankara Assassination Case Referred to Military Court 33 Years Later
RFI, 15 October 2020
Thirty-three years after charismatic Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara was assassinated in a coup d'etat, his murder is being referred to a Ouagadougou military court, according… Read more »
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Africa: Remembering Thomas Sankara On the 30th Anniversary of His Assassination
Fahamu, 19 October 2017
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (1949-1987) was assassinated 30 years ago, on 15 October 1987. He was one of the most confident and outspoken anti-imperialist leaders of the late… Read more »
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Africa: Reviving Thomas Sankara's Spirit
Al Jazeera, 4 June 2015
Thomas Sankara, who ruled Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, was one of the most riveting leaders of the last half-century. A pan-Africanist, Marxist and gifted orator, he came to… Read more »