The murder of Thomas Sankara: a popular revolution overturned
Vol. 85/No. 37 - October 11, 2021(For a French version of this article, click here.) Blaise Compaore, the iron-fisted ruler of Burkina Faso for almost three decades, will stand trial along with 13 others before a military tribunal Oct. 11 for the 1987 assassination of former…