[Daily Trust] Last week Wednesday, Burkina Faso's former president, Blaise Compaoré and his former head of security, Hyacinthe Kafando, were sentenced in absentia to life in jail over their roles in the October 15, 1987 brutal murder of the country's revolutionary folk hero and president, Thomas Sankara. General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the commanders of the army during the 1987 coup, and the main defendant present at the trial, was also handed life sentence. Eight other accused persons were given j
