The body of Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara is to be buried Thursday alongside 12 comrades at the spot where they were assassinated in a coup three decades ago, the country's junta has said.
"The burial of the remains of Captain Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions murdered on 15 October 15 1987 will take place on Thursday, 23 February," said Communications Minister Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo in a press release Friday.
Sankara was idolised by supporters of pan-Africanism and egalitarianism, but his tenure was short-lived. He went on to rule for 27 years, during which Sankara's death was a strict taboo. In 2014 he was ousted by public protests.
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