[Exclusive RFI] Sankara trial: Blaise Compaoré “will flee until when?” Asks Mariam Sankara
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Mariam Sankara, at the microphone of RFI.
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By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow
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The trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara opens this Monday, October 11 in Burkina Faso.
Thirty-four years after the coup d'état which cost the life of the famous revolutionary leader, 14 individuals will be tried by the military court in Ouagadougou.
But the main accused, former President Blaise Compaoré, who lives in exile in Côte d'Ivoire, will be absent.
How does Captain Sankara's widow react, who will be present at the hearing?
Exclusively on RFI, Mariam Sankara confides.
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