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Former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore sentenced to life imprisonment

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Xinhua | Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987, a military tribunal ruled Wednesday after a trial that started on October 11, 2021. The tribunal also sentenced General Gilbert Diendere and Hyacinthe Kafando, a …

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