Following his powerplay to take the presidency from Thomas Sankara, Blaise Compaore took control of Burkina Faso. Helping him on October 15, 1987, coup were Henri Zongo and Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani, two members of the old Communist Officers’ Group when Burkina Faso was still the Republic of Upper Volta. As it would happen, Lingani and […]
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