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...
The French authorities should arrest François Compaoré
Press release
François Compaoré, brother of the ex-dictator of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, who was ousted by the people during a tremendous popular insurrection, has...
Assassination of Thomas Sankara: the president of the french national assembly, Claude Bartolone, opposes...
Two members of the International Network "Justice for Sankara Justice for Africa" handed over to Claude Bartolone and to all the deputies of the...
Burkina Faso vows to identify remains of folk hero Sankara
Text by FRANCE 24
Latest update : 2014-11-22
Burkina Faso's new transitional president has promised to open an investigation to identify remains believed...
