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Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon who came to power in a coup in August 1983, was killed on 15 October 1987 by his number two, Blaise Compaoré. That day, the Burkinabe president was meeting at the headquarters of his National Revolutionary Council (CNR) when a commando of coup soldiers arrived and shot him and his companions dead. The status of “hero of the nation” was created in June 2022 to honour people who have distinguished themselves by their “exceptional bravery in the defence of a natio