Burkina Faso's President Michel Kafondo is seen after being sworn into his post for the transitional period of one year, in Ouagadougou November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Joe Penney
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's new transitional president has promised to open an investigation to identify remains believed to be those of the West African nation's murdered revolutionary folk hero Thomas Sankara.
Sankara rose to power in 1983 at the age of 33 after a coup and left a lasting mark during his short presidency, even changing his country's name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning "the land of upright people" in local languages.
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