Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was re-buried this month, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. Sankara’s body, and those of the 12 people who died with him, were interred at the site of his assassination, which has since become a memorial for Sankara. However, some of his relatives attended the funeral, but his widow and children were absent. Here's a report from Ouagadougou.

World of Africa: Who was Thomas Sankara?

Burkina Faso's ex-president Blaise Compaore has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of his predecessor for his role in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup

Burkina Faso's ex-president Compaore handed life imprisonment for murder of his predecessor

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World of Africa: Who was Thomas Sankara?

Burkina Faso's ex-president Compaore handed life imprisonment for murder of his predecessor