Burkina prosecutors seek 30 year sentence for ex-president Compaoré's role in Sankara murder

Military prosecutors have called for a 30-year jail term against Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré for the 1987 murder of his predecessor, revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.

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