OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The long awaited trial on the death of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s influential leftist leader killed more than three decades ago, has been suspended as a result of the West African country’s recent coup. A lawyer for the prosecution says the trial is paused until the constitution can be reestablished. The suspension comes one week after a military junta overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, suspending the constitution and dissolving the national assembly. The president of the military tribunal said the trial would resume 24 hours after the constitution was reestablished. On Monday, the junta released a seven-page document declaring junta leader, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, as president and detailing laws for the country.
Burkina Faso suspends trial on killing of ex-leader Sankara
