Ex-Burkinabé President Blaise Compaoré, who overthrew and assassinated Thomas Sankara in a coup, sentenced to life in prison over his involvement in said coup

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Ex-Burkinabé President Blaise Compaoré, who overthrew and assassinated Thomas Sankara in a coup, sentenced to life in prison over his involvement in said coup

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Burkina Faso's ex-president Compaore handed life sentence in absentia over Sankara murder

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Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday.

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