The remains of Burkina Faso’s former revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara were buried Thursday at the site where he was assassinated in a coup more than three decades ago. Sankara was buried along with ...
Burkina Faso on Monday began the exhumation of a grave thought to hold the remains of its former president Thomas Sankara. In this photo, Sankara's grave is seen in Ouagadougou on Nov. 25, 2014.
Almost 37 years after the coup d’état that overthrew the former president,S Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, at 77, is breaking his silence. A practising paediatrician (he works at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix ...
Leader Thomas Sankara was shot at least seven times in the chest. Sankara was an army captain aged just 33 when he came to power in a coup in 1983. Authorities at the time issued a death certificate ...
Dubbed the "African Che Guevara," Thomas Sankara led a revolution in the former Upper Volta, reinventing the state as Burkina Faso. Even though he was murdered only years later, his influence lasts ...
The renowned revolutionary and anti-imperialist leader Thomas Sankara was murdered on October 15, 1987, at the age of 37. Sankara took power in the West African state of Upper Volta after a coup in ...
Shekara 34 bayan kisan da ya kaɗa mutane na tsohon shugaban ƙasar Burkina Faso a lokacin, Thomas Sankara, mutum 14 na fuskantar shari'a, waɗanda ake zargin su da hannu a kisan mutumin da aka fi sani ...
CAPTAIN Thomas Sankara was a handsome, unpretentious young man who wanted to give his country dignity and hope. He changed its name from the geographical banality of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, ...
Born on December 21, 1949, Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara, one of Africa's most iconic, illustrious, heroic, upright revolutionaries and promising sons, ruled Upper Volta, which he renamed Burkina Faso ...
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