Burkina Faso’s ex-president Compaoré sentenced to life over pan-African folk hero Sankara’s murder #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced in absentia to life in jail over his role in the 1987 murder of the country's revolutionary folk hero Thomas Sankara, a military court ruled on Wednesday, wrapping up a long-awaited trial that was disrupted by a coup.

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