A Burkinafaso Court charged former President Blaise Compaore (pictured) in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa’s post-independence history. Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary often called ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, was assassinated during a coup led by his former friend Compaore. Compaore went on to rule Burkina Faso for 27 years before being ousted in a 2014 uprising and fleeing to Cote d’Ivoire, where he is believed still to live. He has previously denied any involvement…
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