Slain President’s widow testifies 27 years later

Mariam Sankara, the widow of former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara, has testified in an inquiry looking into the assassination of her husband more than 27 years ago. A report on the News24 site notes that Sankara was questioned at a Military Court in Ouagadougou over her husband's murder in a 1987 coup that saw his former friend Blaise Compaore take power. ‘It was long but I think it was worth it,’ she reportedly said after the marathon session. ‘He (the judge) went over my complaint. He had many questions.’ Sankara filed a complaint against persons unknown in 1997 for the assassination of her husband but the investigation was stonewalled under Compaore, the report states.

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