Tag: Thomas Sankara
Guilty verdict in Sankara trial shows power of activists to fight...
On April 6, 2022, a military tribunal in Burkina Faso found 11 men, including the former president, Blaise Compaoré, guilty of “attacks on state...
Trial over murder of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ opens in Burkina Faso
The trial of 14 people accused of plotting to assassinate Burkina Faso’s former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, more than 30 years after...
Remains of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ riddled with bullets
An autopsy has shown the remains of Burkina Faso's ex-president Thomas Sankara, a leftist hero known as "Africa's Che Guevara", were riddled...
Burkina Faso exhumes remains of former president in murder probe
Authorities in Burkina Faso began exhuming the remains of former president Thomas Sankara on Monday in a bid to establish responsibility for...
