A military court in Burkina Faso has handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaoré over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.
On Wednesday, the special Burkinabé court sentenced Campaoré to life in absentia, but also handed life sentences to Hyacinthe Kafando - an officer believed to have led the hit squad that killed Sankara - and General Gilbert Diendéré, an army commander at the time of the assassination, which coincided with a coup that brought Compaoré to power.
