By RFIPalled on 10-09-2019Modified on 10-09-2019 at 23:48

In an interview with RFI on the occasion of the publication of his memoirs, former Chadian President Goukouni Weddeye spoke of the assassination of Thomas Sankara on October 15, 1987.

At the beginning of October 1987, the former Chadian president, who was staying in a hotel in Ouagadougou, met President Sankara. His rival Acheikh Ibn Oumar was also in the capital of Burkina Faso. The two men were fighting over the direction of the rebellion and Thomas Sankara was looking for a solution.

In his memoirs, Goukouni Weddeye claims that six days before the assassination of the Burkinabe president, he received a visit that seemed strange to him, that of Blaise Compaore. The former right hand of Thomas Sankara then visited the head of the Libyan delegation, Mahamat Ali Chaffardine. An interview that raises questions about the role played by Muammar Gaddafi in the assassination of the leader of the Burkinabe revolution.

" Some say it's old Houphouet, others say it's Francois Mitterrand. I believe that Libya is not far, in this case, "said former President Goukouni Weddeye in his interview with RFI on Tuesday, September 10.

Is there a Libyan hand in the assassination of the young captain? It can not be said, but what seems to be a consensus is that following Thomas Sankara's refusal to welcome Tripoli's request to support the Liberian rebel Charles Taylor, relations between the two leaders State have deteriorated sharply.

Questioned two years ago, Mousbila Sankara, former ambassador of Burkina Faso in Libya, said that Blaise Compaoré had obtained from the Libyan Guide, through an unofficial channel, military equipment. He also claims to have been convinced that something was going on at the time and according to the former Burkinabe diplomat, it is possible that the Libyan Guide knew what Blaise Compaoré was planning to do, but there is nothing to really attest to it. .

This version, the former ambassador of Libya to Burkina Faso, Mohamed al-Madani Al-Azhari, challenged it. According to him, a sidelining or elimination of Sankara was " never " mentioned between Blaise Compaoré and Muhammar Gaddafi ... and " Gaddafi has nothing to do with the assassination of Thomas Sankara ".

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