A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Burkina_Faso_coup_d'état" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état">coup d'état</a> in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sankara" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a>.<sup about="#mwt65" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_15#cite_note-11" id="mwtQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwtg">[11]</span></a></sup>
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