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Burkina orders exhumation of slain leader Sankara's corpse

Published: 05 Mar 2015 - 05:33 pm | Last Updated: 16 Jan 2022 - 06:31 pm

Thomas Sankara


Ouagadougou--The government of Burkina Faso on Wednesday ordered the exhumation of the corpse of former president Thomas Sankara, slain in a 1987 coup.

A government decree said the move was aimed at formally identifying the remains of Sankara, who was assassinated in a putsch that saw his former friend and protege Blaise Compaore take power.

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