He was assassinated October 15, 1987 during a coup organized by a Blaise Compaoré (photo cons) that

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He soon was assassinated 26 years the "father of the Burkinabé revolution," Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara. One of the greatest leaders in Africa. In addition to being a true revolutionary, Thomas Sankara was also and above all a great visionary, both for the nation and for all of Africa. Born in 1949 in Upper Volta (name borne by the country during the colonization) in a Catholic family, he opted for a military career. It will follow an officer training at the inter-army military school (EMIA) in Yaounde, Cameroon, and at the Military Academy consort group of Antsirabe, Madagascar. In 1976 he became commander of the National Commando Training Centre (CNEC).
He was appointed Secretary of State for Information in September 1981, the government of Colonel Saye Zerbo. But less than a year later, he resigned, consort group saying: "Woe to those who gag the people! ". He became Prime Minister in January 1983 in the government medical officer Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo (came to power following a coup). Yet a few months later he was sacked and placed under arrest after a visit to the country by Guy Penne, Freemason and adviser to François Mitterrand for African Affairs. According consort group to several sources, the dismissal and arrest of Sankara were not related to chance but the work of a French intervention because of the progressive ideas of Thomas Sankara who displeased much to the former colonial power.
- He strongly denounced colonialism and neo-colonialism, especially consort group France and the African regimes serving the neo-colonial interests ("customer plans"). Wishing at all costs to restore power to the people, it will create during its presidency of the Committees of the Revolution defense (CDR) for the involvement of all citizens in decision-making.
This policy of participatory democracy has significantly reduced scourges such as malnutrition, lack of water (thanks to the massive construction of wells and dams). Its policy of "commandos vaccinations" has in turn made it possible to reduce the spread of disease. Not to mention the fight against illiteracy, the results were more than convincing consort group (decrease of almost 20%).
Moreover, Thomas Sankara greatly contribute to the emancipation of women in Burkina Faso, desperate to an equal place for it in society. He will fight successfully against the feudal tribalism and desertification, very efficiently fight corruption and improved agriculture.
Another major fact: it will be the only African president and one of the few in the world to sell all the luxury cars of state functions to replace them with basic and modest Renault consort group 5. It will reduce the salaries consort group of officials whose own ( a significant part was intended for public projects and charities). When traveling abroad, always travel with its tourist class employees.
He was assassinated October 15, 1987 during a coup organized by a Blaise Compaoré (photo cons) that Sankara yet considered his own brother, who will take power to monopolize until today ' hui, being at the same time one of the best agents of mafia system of Françafrique and one of the main players in the current crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.
In the image of Patrice Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thomas Sankara is and will remain an African martyr and a fierce fighter for justice. Another point that brings together: they were both murdered by local puppets under the direction and with the complicity of external force. In effect, according to several sources, including the Italian investigative journalist Silvestro Montanaro who did a famous movie about the assassination of Thomas Sankara ("African Shadows") and interviewed several influential people of the time, including the relatives consort group of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who say with confidence the involvement of the CIA and French intelligence services in the assassination. consort group
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