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Burkina Faso orders exhumation of Thomas Sankara's corpse 28 years after killing

OUAGADOUGOU: The government of Burkina Faso has ordered former president Thomas Sankara's corpse to be exhumed, potentially rekindling controversy over the 1987 assassination of one of Africa's most idolised leaders.

A government decree issued late Wednesday said the move was aimed at formally identifying the remains of Sankara, slain in a putsch that saw his former friend and protege Blaise Compaore take power.

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