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Burkina Faso tribunal sentences ex-leader Compaore to life

Prosper Farama, a lawyer for the Sankara family, listens to the verdict in the trial of Thomas Sankara's 1987 assassination in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara and for undermining state security. Compaore was tried in absentia as he has been in exile in Ivory Coast since he was toppled from power by a popular uprising in 2014. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia) Mariam Sankara, wife of Thomas Sankara who was assassinated in 1987 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, leaves the military court after the verdict of the trial of his assassination Wednesday, April 6, 2022. A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara and for undermining state security. Compaore was tried in absentia as he has been in exile in Ivory Coast since he was toppled from power by a popular uprising in 2014. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia) People gather in front of the building where Thomas Sankara was killed in 1987 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday April 6, 2022, after the verdict of the trial of his assassination. A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara and for undermining state security. Compaore was tried in absentia as he has been in exile in Ivory Coast since he was toppled from power by a popular uprising in 2014. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia) People gather for a wreath laying ceremony in front of the building where Thomas Sankara was assassinated in 1987 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday April 6, 2022, after the verdict of the trial of his assassination. A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara and for undermining state security. Compaore was tried in absentia as he has been in exile in Ivory Coast since he was toppled from power by a popular uprising in 2014. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia) FILE - Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore speaks to the media after a meeting with France's President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sept. 18, 2012. A Burkina Faso military tribunal in Ouagadougouon Wednesday April 6, 2022 sentenced Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987 and for undermining state security. Compaore was tried in absentia as he has been in exile in Ivory Coast since he was toppled from power by a popular uprising in 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Burkina Faso tribunal sentences ex-leader Compaore to life