The exhumation of what are believed to be the remains of Burkina Faso's former President Thomas Sankara has begun.
Once exhumed they can be formally identified - a long-standing demand of Mr Sankara's family and supporters.
Seen as Africa's Che Guevara, the anti-imperialist revolutionary was hastily buried with 12 others in a 1987 coup.
Permission for an exhumation was denied during the rule of his successor, Blaise Compaore, who left office last October amid street protests.
Source: BBC Africa
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