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.
The trial of the alleged killers of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara, killed in a 1987 coup, will resume on Wednesday after the ruling junta reestablished the constitution.
DEMOCRACY in Africa witnessed another setback recently with the overthrow by soldiers of the constitutionally elected government of Burkina Faso. Young
With the euphoria that greeted Burkina Faso new army rulers dying down, analysts say the junta must quickly address the underlying causes of popular discontent