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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A military ...

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Freed from their left-wing and Marxist jargon, Sankara’s economic ideas can be seen to foreshadow one of the most original modern development theories: the ‘capabilities’ or ‘substantial freedoms’ ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The exhumed remains of Burkina Faso's beloved ex-president Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder shocked the West African nation, were laid to rest at a ceremony in the ...

OUAGADOUGOU: The government of Burkina Faso has ordered former president Thomas Sankara's corpse to be exhumed, potentially rekindling controversy over the 1987 assassination of one of Africa's most ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987 and ...

Still from JSO body camera footage of deadly officer-involved shooting. 32 minutes ago JSO bodycams capture officers' 19-second interaction that ended in deadly shooting of 62-year-old outside his son ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, in 1987 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A Burkina ...