Thomas Sankara (left) was killed in 1987 on the orders of Blaise Compaore (right) who has been president ever since. Photographs by Wikipedia and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: "Fatherland or death, we will prevail!" With these words, Captain Thomas Sankara proclaimed the revolution on August 4, 1983.
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