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On Wednesday, former President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military tribunal for the murder of Thomas Sankara, his predecessor.
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Sankara was assassinated in a coup led by Compaoré on October 15, 1987. Compaoré who was sentenced in absentia alongside his former head of security, Hyacinthe Kafando.