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Burkina: the family of Thomas Sankara absent at his burial at the place of his death

2023-02-06T08:13:29.001Z


The family of former Burkinabè president Thomas Sankara, assassinated in 1987 with twelve of his companions, will not attend the burial of his body...


The family of former Burkinabè president Thomas Sankara, assassinated in 1987 with twelve of his companions, will not attend the burial of his body planned at the place of his death, she announced on Sunday February 5 at the evening in a press release.

The Burkinabè government announced on Friday that the bodies of Thomas Sankara and his companions would be buried “during February” in Ouagadougou “

on the site of the Thomas Sankara Memorial

” erected on the site of his assassination.

We will not participate in the organization of the ceremonies and will not be present at the burials

”, writes the family of Thomas Sankara in its press release.

A place deemed inadequate by his family

During meetings "

initiated around

" this burial, "

we said our wish to see the remains of Thomas Sankara

" buried "

elsewhere

", because this "

place of meditation (is) inadequate for all the charge it contains

", says -She.

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We believed and continue to believe that it is fundamental that a space be found that allows us to gather and appease hearts, and not to divide and increase resentments

”, according to the family who say they are “

surprised

” by to

learn "

that the decision has been taken to proceed with the burial of the remains in this place, which is nevertheless conflicting and controversial

".

She says she hopes that the burial will take place "

in a calm and consensual manner

" and believes that the government's decision is "

likely to sow confusion and disarray at a time when our country must, more than ever, bring its children together

".

First burial

Buried for the first time in a cemetery on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the bodies of Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions were exhumed on May 25, 2015, for the purposes of legal proceedings.

Came to power by a putsch in August 1983, Thomas Sankara, pan-African icon, was killed on October 15, 1987 during a coup fomented by his number two, Blaise Compaoré, who remained in power until a popular insurrection which led to its downfall in 2014.

In April, the military court in Ouagadougou sentenced him in absentia to life in prison for his role in the assassination of Thomas Sankara and his companions, following a six-month trial.

Source: lefigaro

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