In Burkina Faso, Colonel Pierre Ouédraogo died on Thursday July 13. A companion of Thomas Sankara, this former air force officer took an active part in the 1983 revolution. Thomas Sankara had given him the task of creating and commanding the CDRs, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. Colonel Moussa Diallo, his brother in arms and friend, pays homage to him.
rf-5-general
Burkina Faso: death of Pierre Ouédraogo, former companion of Thomas Sankara
