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Life sentence for Burkinabe ex-leader Compaoré for Sankara murder
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Captain Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, in August 1986 [Dominique Faget/AFP] The military tribunal that presided over the case handed jail terms ranging from three to 20 years to eight other suspects while acquitted three other defendants. A pan-Africanist leader who had taken power in 1983, Sankara was killed aged 37 along with 12 other government officials. Compaoré became his successor, ruling until his 2014 removal.
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