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The former head of state of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré, one of the main accused in the assassination of ex-president Thomas Sankara, was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment by the military court of Ouagadougou. Relive our special edition.
The former president of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré was sentenced Wednesday, April 6 in absentia to life imprisonment for his participation in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankarakilled with twelve of his companions in a coup in 1987.
The Africa Journal returns to this historic verdict with a special edition in the company of Francis Kpatindé, specialist in African news. You will hear Bénéwendé Sankara, the lawyer for Mariam Sankara, the widow of the assassinated president.
