Demand for inquiry into France’s role in assassination of African leader

On February 13, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies tabled a motion to begin a parliamentary investigation of the assassination of Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, in 1987. Sankara, who himself took power in a coup d’état in 1983, was a progressive and charismatic leader who is sometimes referred to as … Continue reading Demand for inquiry into France’s role in assassination of African leader