It’s been justice delayed for Thomas Sankara, the man they called Africa’s Che Guevara. It should not be justice denied.
Thirty-five years ago, Sankara, an iconic figure of revolution, the youthful president of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, was shot and killed at the height of his popularity. For years, his friend and colleague, Blaise Compaore, was suspected of arranging the killing, but no investigation was allowed and the fiction was promoted that Sankara died of natural causes.
Compaore’s trial, which began this past October, comes as the West African country reels from its latest military coup last month, brought on by public anger over a stalled economy, entrenched poverty and relentless jihadist attacks in the country. According to the testimony of some involved in his assassination, Sankara’s death was ordered by former Liberian president Charles Taylor with the support of the French and American governments.
“He lived in a small brick house and wore only cotton that was produced, weaved and sewn in Burkina Faso.”
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