The trial opens in a military court in Ouagadougou of 14 men accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso's leftwing leader Thomas Sankara nearly 34 years ago.
Burkina opens trial into Sankara assassination
Burkina Faso General Gilbert Diendere sits in a military court where he stands trial with 13 others
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Sankara was gunned down after just four years in power during a putsch led by his comrade-in-arms, Blaise Compaore, who is being tried in absentia.