{"id":51351,"date":"2021-10-11T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T06:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=51351"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:06:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T06:06:54","slug":"murder-trial-of-thomas-sankara-to-finally-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/murder-trial-of-thomas-sankara-to-finally-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder trial of Thomas Sankara to finally begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"author noprint\"><strong>By AFP<\/strong><\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The murder trial of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso\u2019s iconic \u201cfather of the revolution\u201d, is due to open on Monday, 34 years after his assassination. Fourteen people, including the\u00a0country\u2019s ex-president, Blaise Compaor\u00e9, will stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>In one of Africa\u2019s most eagerly awaited trials for years, 14 people will be tried on October 11 at a military court in Burkina Faso\u2019s capital Ouagadougou for the murder of the country\u2019s former president, Thomas Sankara, and 12 members of his entourage.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed the \u201cAfrican Che Guevara\u201d, Sankara came to power in a coup in 1983. He was a hero to many fans \u2013 who say he championed national sovereignty by rejecting aid from the International Monetary Fund and point to his advancement of women\u2019s rights, banning forced marriages, polygamy and female genital mutilation.<\/p>\n<p>Sankara\u2019s detractors say he was an authoritarian leader, alleging human rights violations including arbitrary arrests of political opponents and extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n<p>Sankara was killed four years after taking power, when commando troops stormed the headquarters of his National Revolutionary Council and shot him dead \u2013 bringing to power Blaise Compaor\u00e9, hitherto Sankara\u2019s close friend and right-hand man.<\/p>\n<p>Compaor\u00e9 then ruled Burkina Faso for nearly three decades, before a popular uprising overthrew him in 2014 and he fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast. The ex-strongman is the main defendant in the forthcoming trial \u2013 but he will not go to Ouagadougou to stand in the dock, his lawyers said on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By AFP &nbsp; The murder trial of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso\u2019s iconic \u201cfather of the revolution\u201d, is due to open on Monday, 34 years after his assassination. Fourteen people, including the\u00a0country\u2019s ex-president, Blaise Compaor\u00e9, will stand trial. In one of Africa\u2019s most eagerly awaited trials for years, 14 people will be tried on October 11 at a military court in Burkina Faso\u2019s capital Ouagadougou for the murder of the country\u2019s former president, Thomas Sankara, and 12 members of his entourage. Nicknamed the \u201cAfrican Che Guevara\u201d, Sankara came to power in a coup in 1983. 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