Mariam Sankara (L), widow of slain former president Thomas Sankara, poses for a picture with Burkina Faso President Michel Kafando in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Anne Mimault ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was gunned down in one of the ...

Campaore, pictured during a visit to Washington in 2014, is being tried in absentia for the assassination of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara – Copyright AFP/File ...

Ramata Sore posts a statement by Mariam Sankara (Fr), wife of assassinated former president Thomas Sankara, thanking the Burkinabe people for their warm welcome. Mrs. Sankara returned to Burkina Faso ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A military ...

The renowned revolutionary and anti-imperialist leader Thomas Sankara was murdered on October 15, 1987, at the age of 37. Sankara took power in the West African state of Upper Volta after a coup in ...