Thomas Sankara: Blaise Compaore to face trial over murder of ex-Burkina Faso President
Exactly 34 years after he staged the coup that killed his predecessor in office, the exiled Former President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, is to be tried for the murder of the man he ousted in a 1987 coup, Thomas Sankara, lawyers told AFP on Tuesday. The case was sent to the military tribunal in … Read more