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How CIA, French Intelligence Agency Conspired to Assassinate Thomas Sankara

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On April 6, 2022, Burkina Faso’s ex-President Blaise Compaorรฉ was tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for murder. It  took 35 years for justice to catch up with him for murdering his revolutionary socialist predecessor, Thomas Sankara (the “Che Guevara of Africa”), in a 1987 right-wing military coup.  How  long will justice take to catch up with the CIA and its French intelligence counterpart, the Direction gรฉnรฉrale de la sรฉcuritรฉ extรฉrieure (DGSE), for what appears to have been their part in masterminding or enabling the plot that overthrew and killed Sankara? As young military officers in Burkina Faso during the 1970s and 1980s, Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaorรฉ were the best of friends. The two traveled the country playing in a musical band together and Sankara’s parents adopted Compaorรฉ as his parents had died when he was young. In 1983, Sankara and Compaorรฉ launched a coup against Burkina Faso’s military regime by Jean-Baptiste Ouรฉdraog...

Russian Tsars from 1613-1917

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Russian Tsars from 1613-1917 with a brief summary of each:


Succession of Russian Tsars from 1613 to 1917

  • Michael Romanov

    Michael Romanov (1613-1645)

    Elected tsar by the Zemsky Sobor, ending the Time of Troubles.

  • Alexis I

    Alexis I (1645-1676)

    Expanded Russian territory and strengthened centralized power.

  • Fyodor III

    Fyodor III (1676-1682)

    Short-lived reign, focused on internal affairs and religious reforms.

  • Ivan V

    Ivan V (1682-1696)

    Co-ruled with Peter I, his half-brother.

  • Peter I

    Peter I (1682-1725)

    Also known as Peter the Great, modernized Russia and transformed it into a major European power.

  • Catherine I

    Catherine I (1725-1727)

    Second wife of Peter I, became empress after his death.

  • Peter II

    Peter II (1727-1730)

    Grandson of Peter I, died at the age of 14.

  • Anna I

    Anna I (1730-1740)

    Niece of Peter I, continued Peter's reforms and expanded Russian influence.

  • Ivan VI

    Ivan VI (1740-1741)

    Great-nephew of Peter I, was overthrown by Elizabeth I in a

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