Sankara Reburied without Family
Burkina Faso's most famous revolutionary Thomas Sankara has been reburied in the capital by the military junta - despite his widow and children boycotting the
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Burkina Faso's most famous revolutionary Thomas Sankara has been reburied in the capital by the military junta - despite his widow and children boycotting the
Sankara's widow Mariam and his two children, who opposed choice of burial location, were absent.
The bodies of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions, assassinated on October 15, 1987 during a coup, were Thursday reburied at the site of their murder in Ouagadougou
Former leader’s remains, and those of the 12 people who were killed with him, reburied at assassination site.
Burkina Faso's communications minister said the ceremony – which former leader Thomas Sankara's family have said they will not attend – will happen 'on the site of the Thomas Sankara memorial', erected at the location where he was assassinated.