1987 Burkinabé coup d'état

1987 Burkinabé coup d'état
Date	15 October 1987
Location	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 12°21′26″N 1°32′7″W / 12.35722°N 1.53528°W
Result	Coup attempt succeeds.; Thomas Sankara is overthrown and murdered.; Blaise Compaoré is installed as the new President.;
Belligerents
Government CDRs;	Military faction; NPFL; Supported by:; Libya; France; United States; Israel; Côte d'Ivoire; Togo; Mali
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Sankara	Blaise Compaoré; Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani; Henri Zongo; Charles Taylor
	class=notpageimage\| Nexus of coup in Ouagadougou (marked green), Burkina Faso

The 1987 Burkinabé coup d'état was a coup d'état by the Burkina Faso Armed Forces. It happened in Ouagadougou on 15 October 1987. It was started by Captain Blaise Compaoré against the President Thomas Sankara, who was his friend.^[3]