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Thomas Sankara - OkayAfrica

Le président du Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara lors d'un discours le 5 octobre 1983 à Paris, France.

Photo by Alain MINGAM/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Former Burkinabe President Charged with Thomas Sankara's Murder

Justice is on the horizon as Burkina Faso's former president, Blaise Compaore, is indicted for the 1987 assassination of Thomas Sankara.