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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> | + | [[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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Revision as of 06:53, 7 August 2021
 Thomas Sankara     (soldier) | |
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| Born | 21 December 1949 Yako, French Upper Volta |
| Died | 1987-10-15 (Age 37) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Spouse | Mariam Sankara |
| Victim of | assassination |
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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