“General Gilbert Diendere is formally charged in the Thomas Sankara case,” a senior security source with direct knowledge of the case told Reuters, adding Diendere had been charged last month.
Mathieu Some, Gen. Diendere’s lawyer said that his client had been charged over Sankara’s death, and that he would prepare his legal defence. The charges are however yet to be made public.
Ten other people of lower ranks than Gen. Diendere have reportedly already been charged.
The senior security official said most were soldiers in the elite presidential guard of former President Blaise Compaore, who was ousted in October 2014.
Sankara rose to power through a coup in 1983 and pursued a philosophy of Marxism and pan-Africanism that led him to be called “Africa’s Che Guevara”.
Sankara’s murder is one of the most high-profile killings in Africa’s post-independence history and the charge against Diendere could represent a breakthrough in a case that has haunted the West African country for decades.
Source: Reuters
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