Compaoré, ex-Burkina Faso president, Charged With 1987 Assassination Of Thomas Sankara
Compaoré was part of the coup d’état that ousted Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo on August 4, 1983 Blaise Compaoré, former president of Burkina Faso, has been charged with the murder of Thomas Sankara, his predecessor. According to Reuters, Compaoré was charged by a military tribunal on Tuesday with complicity in the assassination, undermining state security, and receiving … Read more