Blaise Compaore served as Thomas Sankara’s advisor, deputy, and Minister of State in two positions in Burkina Faso between 1983-1987. He would become President in 1987 as a result of a coup. Compaore met Sankara in 1976 when Sankara was the commander of the Commando Training Center. From there he would co-found the Communist Officers’ […]

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