Burkinabe prosecutors sought a 30-year prison sentence for Compaoré over Sankara s murder but the Ouagadougou military court sentenced him to life on Wednesday.
Military Prosecutors in Burkina Faso on Tuesday requested a 30-year prison term for former President Blaise Compaoré, for the 1987 murder of his predecessor, revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.
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