{"id":57101,"date":"2022-04-07T21:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-burkina-faso-president-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-the-murder-of-his-predecessor"},"modified":"2022-04-07T23:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:04:51","slug":"former-burkina-faso-president-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-the-murder-of-his-predecessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-burkina-faso-president-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-the-murder-of-his-predecessor","title":{"rendered":"Former Burkina Faso President Sentenced To Life In Prison For The Murder Of His Predecessor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Burkina Faso\u2019s former President Blaise Compaor\u00e9 was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for the assassination of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara.<\/p>\n<p>Sankara, then 37, was murdered in Burkina Faso\u2019s capital, Ouagadougou along with 12 others on 15 October 1987 during the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat that brought Compaor\u00e9 to power.<\/p>\n<p>Sankara and Compaor\u00e9 had been close friends and had jointly seized power in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Military prosecutors had requested a 30-year sentence for Compaor\u00e9, who was being tried alongside 13 others.<\/p>\n<p>Two other main suspects, Gilbert Diend\u00e9r\u00e9 and Hyacinthe Kafando were also handed life imprisonment sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Diend\u00e9r\u00e9 was one of the leaders of the 1987 putsch and leader of the 2015 coup while Kafando was the leader of Compaor\u00e9\u2019s guards at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Compaor\u00e9 was overthrown in a 2014 uprising and fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast where he was given citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Compaor\u00e9 and Kafando were both tried in absentia while Diend\u00e9r\u00e9 is in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Sankara remains a hero for many across Africa because of his anti-imperialist stance and austere lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his Marxist ideals, he was known by some as \u201cAfrica\u2019s Che Guevara\u201d referring to one of the icons of the Cuban Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Sankara campaigned against corruption and oversaw huge increases in education and health spending.<\/p>\n<p>He also changed the name of the former French colony from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning \u201cthe land of the upright\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Burkina Faso\u2019s former President Blaise Compaor\u00e9 was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for the assassination of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Sankara, then 37, was murdered in Burkina Faso\u2019s capital, Ouagadougou along with 12 others on 15 October 1987 during the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat that brought Compaor\u00e9 to power. 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