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In 1987, Blaise Compaoré assassinated Thomas Sankara and seized power of Burkina Faso. But these two were previously friends who started the so-called "Communist Officer's Group" together before Sankara's revolution in 1983. What happened that led Compaoré to assassinate Sankara and seize power?

by /u/PokerPirate in /r/AskHistorians

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