The long-awaited trial into the murder of former Burkina Faso president, Thomas Sankara, has begun in the capital, Ouagadougou. He was killed in a coup in 1987. He was known for his integrity and ...

drew him into politics," said his uncle, a political science professor in the United States who said he spent two years with pan-Africanist leader Thomas Sankara from 1985 to 1987. "The main ...

As SA braces for a pivotal election, the political landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, notably within the realm of leftist ideologies.

For example, Gilbert Diendéré, convicted of an attempted putsch in 2015 and the assassination of Thomas Sankara, is being held in good conditions, as anyone familiar with Burkina Faso can easily see.

As the trial of the presumed assassins of Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara opened in October, we take a look back at the destinies of eight African presidents who were all assassinated while on duty.

Mariam Sankara, the widow of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara, says “justice is needed” and all the families need to know the truth. Sankara was assassinated in 1987, having taken ...

After a tour of the plantation, he gathers the workers around him. He tells them about Thomas Sankara, the young former president of neighboring Burkina Faso who tried to bring about change in the ...

Captain Thomas Sankara was the leader of the Burkinabe Revolution This film is a biographical profile of the revolutionary the improvements he generated in his country and the new sociopolitical ...

Sustainability is continuity,” says the architect, who claims he doesn’t consider himself an intellectual and whose work is ...

Course: AADS 5517 Geographies of Violence and Resistance in Africa From resistance against Shell Oil in Nigeria’s Ogoniland to the revolutionary movement led by Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso, this ...

Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s assassination, in Ouagadougou, on 15 October 2022. Picture: AFP ...