Thomas Sankara assassination case: Life imprisonment for Blaise Compaoré

The former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, was sentenced on April 6 in absentia to life imprisonment for his involvement in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, who was killed with twelve of his companions in a 1987 coup. The military court in Ouagadougou also sentenced to life imprisonment the commander of his guard Hyacinthe Kafando and General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the army leaders during the 1987 coup.