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Thomas Sankara

Blaise Compaoré “asks forgiveness” to the Sankara family

July 27, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

The former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, “asked for forgiveness” to […]

Sankara trial: 807.5 million CFA francs in damages for the guilty

May 11, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Military court in Ouagadougou on Tuesday sentenced former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré and nine other defendants to pay more than 800 million CFA […]

Sankara assassination: Life sentence for ex- President Compaoré

April 7, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

The three main defendants in the 1987 assassination of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara, including former Head of state Blaise Compaoré, were sentenced Wednesday […]

Sankara trial: 30 years in prison for ex-President Compaoré

February 9, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

Thirty years in prison were requested against former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, suspected of being the main sponsor of the assassination of his predecessor […]

Sankara assassination trial: Ghanaian late President Rawlings’ testimony tackles Blaise Compaore

January 6, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In Burkina Faso, the trial in the Thomas Sankara case continues. The military court in Ouagadougou delivered the testimony of former and late Ghanaian President, […]

Sankara trial: General Diendéré pleads not guilty

November 10, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the main defendants in the trial of the alleged killers of former Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, pleaded […]

Thomas Sankara assassination trial postponed to October 25

October 12, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Just opened on Monday, the trial of the 1987 assassination of the “father of the Burkinabe revolution”, Thomas Sankara, then president of Burkina Faso, has […]

Assassination of Sankara: Blaise Compaoré will not attend the trial

October 8, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, the main defendant in the trial of the 1987 assassination of his former friend Thomas Sankara, which opens Monday […]

Assassination of Thomas Sankara Trial to begin in October

August 18, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Burkinabe justice system has set Monday, October 11, 2021 as the opening date for the trial of the assassination of former Burkina Faso president […]

Burkina Faso: President Roch Kaboré took ministry of Defense amid new government reshuffle

July 1, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Following a ministerial reshuffle on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, the government of Burkina Faso recorded the departures of Chériff Sy and Ousséni Compaoré, previously in […]

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