Burkina opposition candidate Sankara launches campaign Burkina Faso opposition candidate Bénéwendé Sankara launches his campaign ahead of elections on 29 November. A human rights lawyer, Sankara is no relation to Burkina's late president, Thomas Sankara yet is a proponent of his revolutionary ideology. Burkina's interim leader Michel Kafando says the election will be key to "consolidating democracy" weeks after a foiled coup hit the west African country. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.