The investigation into the international aspect of the assassination of Thomas Sankara and his...
PRESS RELEASE
It is with anger and great concern that we learn that there is no longer any investigation in Burkina Faso concerning the international...
The trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara and his companions must resume without...
The trial for the assassination of Thomas Sankara and his companions had entered its final phase. The hearing period ended on Monday, January 23,...
Opening of historical trial in Ouagadougou. Who murdered Thomas Sankara ?
On October 15, 1987, Thomas Sankara, leader of Burkina Faso and figure of Pan-Africanism, was assassinated during a coup d'etat. The circumstances of this...
34 years after Sankara’s assassination, killers finally stand trial
Katie Miernicki October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021 marks 34 years since the assassination of beloved revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso. Just in...
The opening of the trial for the assassination of Thomas and his companions is...
PRESS RELEASE
Finally! The Thomas Sankara assassination trial will open on 11 October 2021.
After years of waiting and despairing, the families of the victims, their...
Sankara case and companions. The trial quickly! … Blaise Compaoré must be extradited and...
Press Release
The decisions of the pre-trial hearing, published on April 13, 2021, confirm the indictment of the main defendants. The case has now been...
The French authorities must immediately make all documents concerning the assassination of Thomas Sankara...
PRESS RELEASE
On 28 November 2017, on official visit to Burkina Faso, Emmanuel Macron, the French President, promised the release of the secret documents "In...
Who Killed Thomas Sankara? by Bruno Jaffré
This paper form Bruno Jaffré has been published in a Certain Amount of Madness, The life, Politics & legacy of Thomas Sankara edited bu...
Press release: Sankara case : going forward in Burkina, stuck in France
On October 15th, the 33rd anniversary of President Sankara’s assassination, we learnt with satisfaction that the examining magistrate in charge of the case in...
Press release : François Compaoré must now be detained
François Compaoré is indicted for Incitement to murder in the Norbert Zongo affair.
Norbert Zongo was assassinated with the use of automatic weapons. Two colleagues...
