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The exhumation of what is believed to be remains of former Burkina faso's revolutionary leader took place today in Ouagadougou.
Sankara was killed on October 15, 1987 in coup d'etat spearheaded by Blaise Compaore' his most trusted comrade. Compaore was ousted in October 2014 in a popular uprising.

BBC
May 25, 2015
The exhumation of what are believed to be the remains of Burkina Faso's former President Thomas Sankara has begun.

Once exhumed they can be formally identified - a long-standing demand of Mr Sankara's family and supporters.

Seen as Africa's Che Guevara, the anti-imperialist revolutionary was hastily buried with 12 others in a 1987 coup.

Permission for an exhumation was denied during the rule of his successor, Blaise Compaore, who left office last October amid street protests.

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Mr Compaore has always denied being involved in the ex-leader's killing, insisting that the "facts are known" and he has "nothing to hide".

While he was in office, a Burkina Faso court blocked a request by Mr Sankara's family for his remains to be exhumed.

But the new interim government said Mr Sankara's family would be given the means to help identify the corpse, according to the AFP news agency.
Mr Sankara remains popular in many parts of Africa
Thomas Sankara's family and supporters have been asking for the exhumation for a long time

Hundreds of people went to the graveyard where the exhumation is taken place in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, but were not allowed in by security forces, a local journalist reports.
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Sankara the upright man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VftR9vOn8xE

Ok

Sankara was killed by his best friend, Blaise Compaore, who then rose became the president since 1987 till he was chased out last October.

I support the exhumation of this corpse. We need to know what, how and why he died. Some german researcher called him the best African military head of state to have ever lived.


Frawzey

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Nice one, hope the country had a good forensic pathology laboratory.

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for Jah