Burkina Faso: Inauguration in Ouagadougou of the Mausoleum Thomas Sankara

In Burkina Faso, the mausoleum of Captain Thomas Sankara inaugurated today. Ceremony in the presence of the Prime Ministers of Senegal and Chad. A mausoleum built on the site of the memorial Thomas Sankara, in which the father of the Burkinabè revolution and his 12 companions murdered during the coup d'état that brought Blaise Compaoré to power on 15 October 1987 rest.

Burkina Faso names major street after JJ Rawlings

The road named after the late Jerry John Rawlings (L) in Burkina Faso The government of Burkina Faso has named a major road in its capital town, Ouagadougou, after the first president of Ghana’s 4th Republic, the late Jerry John Rawlings. The naming was done during the inauguration of the Thomas Sankara Mausoleum, in honour […] The post Burkina Faso names major street after JJ Rawlings appeared first on Ghanamma.com.

The Mausoleum of Captain Thomas Sankara, father of the Burkinabe revolution of August 1983 and his 12 companions, was inaugurated on the afternoon of Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Ouagadougou, the anniversary of the arrest of Thomas Sankara in 1983, then Prime Minister of the People's Salvation Council (CSP) regime led by Medical Commander Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo.