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Seeking closure over Thomas Sankara's death
The exhumation in Burkina Faso of what is reportedly Thomas Sankara's body is to shed light on the circumstances that led to his assassination in 1987. Seen as Africa's Che Guevara, he was hastily buried with 12 people. His younger brother, Paul Sankara, has been reacting to the exhumation.
(Photo Sankara was killed in October 1987 in a coup d'etat in which President Blaise Compaor茅, his former comrade-in-arms, took power. Credit: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages)
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