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On 15 October 1987, Sankara was killed by an armed group with twelve other officials in a [[coup d'état]].
 
On 15 October 1987, Sankara was killed by an armed group with twelve other officials in a [[coup d'état]].
  
[[Prince Johnson]], a former Liberian warlord allied to [[Charles Taylor]], told [[Liberia]]'s [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC) that it was engineered by Taylor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-27-us-freed-taylor-to-overthrow-doe-liberias-trc-hears|title=US freed Taylor to overthrow Doe, Liberia's TRC hears|work=The M&G Online|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref>
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[[Prince Johnson]], a former Liberian warlord allied to [[Charles Taylor]], told [[Liberia]]'s [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC) that it was engineered by Taylor.<ref>http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-27-us-freed-taylor-to-overthrow-doe-liberias-trc-hears</ref>
 
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Person.png Thomas Sankara   WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier)
Thomas Sankara.jpg
Born21 December 1949
Yako, French Upper Volta
Died1987-10-15 (Age 37)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
SpouseMariam Sankara
Victim ofassassination
"Africa's Che Guevara"

Employment.png President of Burkina Faso Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
4 August 1983 - 15 October 1987

Employment.png Prime Minister of Upper Volta

In office
10 January 1983 - 17 May 1983

Thomas Sankara, as President of Burkina Faso, left the IMF and World Bank[citation needed] and in 1985 joined Fidel Castro in his call for the creation of a common front of Southern countries against paying off debt.[1]

Assassination

On 15 October 1987, Sankara was killed by an armed group with twelve other officials in a coup d'état.

Prince Johnson, a former Liberian warlord allied to Charles Taylor, told Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that it was engineered by Taylor.[2]

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