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Blaise Compaoré sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaoré has been sentenced to life imprisonment over the murder of revolutionary leader and hero, Thomas Sankara in 1987. His former head of security, Hyacinthe Kafando was also jailed for life. One General Gilbert Diendéré who was a military commander during the coup was equally sentenced for life. The final verdict came after series of prosecutions spanning over 6 months after many years of his demise in 1987. The long awaited judgement follows earlier demands by prosecutors who presented charges including, “attack on state security”, “concealment of a corpse” and “complicity in a murder”. Cr Eye Gambia