Editing Thomas Sankara (section)

===Burkina Faso===
A statue of Sankara was unveiled in 2019 at the location in Ouagadougou where he was assassinated; however due to complaints that it did not match his facial features, a new statue was unveiled a year later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chutel|first=Lynsey|title=Burkina Faso is restoring Thomas Sankara's legacy with a bronze statue|url=https://qz.com/africa/1564590/thomas-sankara-statue-unveiled-in-burkina-faso/|access-date=31 December 2020|website=Quartz Africa|date=4 March 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=18 May 2020|title=Burkina Faso unveils 'corrected' Thomas Sankara statue|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52704979|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

In 2023, the government of Burkina Faso formally proclaimed Sankara as a "hero of the nation".<ref>{{cite news|date=5 October 2023|title=Burkina Faso: former president Thomas Sankara elevated to the rank of "national hero"|language=en-GB|work=[[Africanews]]|url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/10/05/burkina-faso-former-president-thomas-sankara-elevated-to-the-rank-of-national-hero/|access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>

In October 2023, on the 36th anniversary of his assassination, the government changed a main road name in [[Ouagadougou]] to honor Sankara. The road in question was the Boulevard Charles de Gaulle, now known as Boulevard Capitaine Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/10/16/burkina-faso-names-boulevard-after-thomas-sankara-on-36th-anniversary-of-his-assassination//|title=Burkina Faso names boulevard after Thomas Sankara on anniversary of his assassination|date=16 October 2023}}</ref>