Yamba Sawadogo

Yamba Sawadogo
Born
Yamba Malick Sawadogo
NationalityBurkinabé
Occupation(s)Politician, former prisoner

Yamba Malick Sawadogo is a Burkinabé politician and former prisoner. Sawadogo represented Burkina Faso in the Pan-African Parliament and, in 1987, while serving jail time at the Ouagadougou Arrest and Correction House, was involved in the burial of assassinated president Thomas Sankara.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "PAP Member Countries". Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Yamba Malick Sawadogo, the prisoner who "organized" the burial of Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions". LeFaso.net. Retrieved February 10, 2023.


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