Burkina Faso’s military leaders turn to Thomas Sankara to rally struggling country
The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara" as a way ...
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Thomas Sankara’s mausoleum opens to honor revolutionary leader
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré designed the memorial in Ouagadougou in tribute to Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader. The ...
Burkina Faso on campaign to boost Thomas Sankara archive
Authorities in Burkina Faso have launched a campaign to collect documents that bear witness to the life and times of ...
Thomas Sankara: Political Leader and President of Burkina Faso (1983 – 1987)
The son of a Peul father and a Mossi, mother Thomas Sankara was born in 1949, in Yako, French colonial ...
Burkina Faso names boulevard after Thomas Sankara on anniversary of his assassination
Burkina Faso's transitional government paid tribute Sunday (Oct. 15) to late revolutionary president Thomas Sankara, assassinated in a coup 36 ...
Former Burkinabe ruling party backs authorities and calls for reconciliation
The party of former Burkinabe ruler Blaise Compaoré urged all citizens to support national reconciliation. In Ouagadougou, CDC leader Eddie ...
Burkina prosecutors seek 30 years for Blaise Compaoré over Sankara murder
Military Prosecutors in Burkina Faso on Tuesday requested a 30-year prison term for former President Blaise Compaoré, for the 1987 ...
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