The body of the former president of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara, assassinated on October 15, 1987 during a putsch, was buried on Thursday, with the twelve dead men at his side, at the scene of their death.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987 and for undermining state security.
A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, in 1987 and for undermining state security.