In Burkina Faso, authorities have charged a general with complicity in the assassination of President Thomas Sankara nearly three decades ago. Dubbed “Africa’s Che Guevara,” Sankara was killed in a military coup in 1987. General Gilbert Diendéré has now become the most senior official charged in Sankara’s death. He is already in prison after leading another coup which failed in September.
Burkina Faso: General Charged in 1987 Assassination of “Africa’s Che”
HeadlineDec 09, 2015