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PROFILE: Thomas Sankara, revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso / 97X2NL
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Revered among African radicals, Burkina Faso's Marxist-Leninist leader Thomas Sankara was an army captain aged just 33 when he came to power in a coup in 1983. He was gunned down with 12 companions by a hit squad on October 15, 1987, at a meeting of the ruling National Revolutionary Council. A military court is expected to rule on Wednesday on the assassination, with the defendants counting ex-president Blaise Compaore. PROFILE OF THOMAS SANKARA
