Assassination of Thomas Sankara
Sankara’s revolution rises again
On the anniversary of Thomas Sankara coming to power in Burkina Faso, Jonis Ghedi Alasow reflects on how his legacy lives on in new Sahelian revolutions today
UK’s anti-refugee immigration bill rejected in House of Lords again and other stories
Today we look at rising deaths of asylum seekers in the Mediterranean, the conviction of Burkinabe officials in the killing of Thomas Sankara, and more
When the people stand up, imperialism trembles: Thomas Sankara
On October 15, 1987, Burkinabé revolutionary; Thomas Sankara was brutally assassinated by in Ouagadougou, at the age of 37.
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