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...
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...
In solidarity with the people of Burkina Faso Call signed by 30 organizations and...
In solidarity with the people of Burkina Faso,
We – members of social movements, progressive political parties and organizations,
personalities, citizens - salute the people...
Report on the 4th annual Thomas Sankara Conference in Washington D.C. on December 19th
Brian J. Peterson (Union College, NY)
This was the 4th edition of the annual conference commemorating the life and political thought of Thomas Sankara. It...
“24 years since the assassination of Sankara” from Guy Marius Sagna
On Friday, October 28th, 2011
Guy Marius Sagna
It is almost a quarter of a century since Thomas Sankara disappeared. In the pantheon of the brave...
Reply comments of Sankara’s Family (29 Sept. 2006) to Burkina Faso’s comments on ...
United Nations Human Rights Committee Comm. No. 1159/2003
Mariam Sankara et al.
Author et al.
v.
Burkina Faso
State Party
REPLY COMMENTS OF THE AUTHOR ET...
PEN International Kenya Chapter : Thomas Sankara Commemorative Reading Event
23 Dec Written by Faith Oneya
PEN (Poets, Essayists and Novelists) International Kenya Chapter held a reading event to mark the 24th Anniversary of Thomas...
After Blaise Compaoré, it’s François’ turn to be shielded from his country’s justice system...
PRESS RELEASE
The news was made public on 21 December 2023. Élisabeth Borne, Prime Minister of the French government, cancelled the extradition decree signed by...
François Compaoré must be extradited
Press release
After François Compaoré's extradition decree was signed on 5 March 2020, his lawyers lodged an appeal with the French Conseil d'Etat, which in...
Features On Thomas Sankara’s birthday
Aziz Salmone Fall
Burkina Faso’s first president was assassinated nearly 25 years ago but the identity of his killers remains unresolved. Marking the anniversary of...