Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso reburies revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara

Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment last year for complicity in Sankara’s murder

Burkina Faso’s former revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara reburied

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Burkina Faso’s murdered leader Thomas Sankara reburied at site of his death

Thomas Sankara, the army captain turned revolutionary who led Burkina Faso in an anti-imperialist coup, was reburied on Thursday at the site in Ouagadougou where he and 12 comrades were murdered in 1987.

Burkina Faso holds reburial ceremony for Thomas Sankara

The bodies of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions, assassinated on October 15, 1987 during a coup, were Thursday reburied at the site of their murder in Ouagadougou

Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso after eight years

Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, has been reburied, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation

Thomas Sankara, ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, reburied in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation.