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Arrested reconciliation: the long search for truth behind Sankara's assassination

Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was assassinated in a coup d’etat in 1987. Since October 2021, a military court has been hearing testimony on who was behind his murder. © DR

More than three decades after the murder of Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, getting to the bottom of who gave the orders for his assassination has been an elusive affair, despite the inception of a long-awaited judicial process that got underway in October.

This week was meant to herald the launch of a much anticipated forum of national reconciliation for Burkina Faso, in a bid to steer the country in the right direction following months, if not years, of violence and insecurity.

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