Thomas Sankara, pan-African icon who wanted to 'decolonise minds'
The trial of the alleged perpetrators of the assassination, including his former friend Blaise Compaore who succeeded him as president and went on to rule for 27 years.
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Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso gives a press conference, 02 September 1986, during a non-aligned summit in Harare. (Photo by DOMINIQUE FAGET / AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
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Dubbed Africa's Che Guevara, Thomas Sankara wanted to "decolonise minds" in Burkina Faso and across the continent, but his revolutionary dreams were cut short when he was gunned down in