Burkina Faso: Murder Accused Compaore Chooses to Stay Away for Thomas Sankara Trial

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The main defendant in the long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of Thomas Sankara and former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, will not be present at the trial when it opens on October 11, 2021,  Burkinabe and French attorneys for Compaore said.