Le
vendredi 21 octobre 2016
6時、快晴、26℃、35%。
11時、ルブンバシOrangeにてネット契約更新。20時と帰宅が遅かったので、メイルの返信が送れた。
ブルキナのトマ・サンカラが暗殺されてから29年が経つ。だが、その死はまだ謎につつまれているようだ。暗殺ではないという説もある。コンゴの英雄ルムンバについても同様のことが云える。
ブルキナ・ファソは独裁者ブレーズ・コンパオレを民衆が追い出したことでサンカラの謎を解こうとしている。ブルキナの司法当局がこのほどフランス政府に対して、フランスの演じた役割を解明するためにフランスの軍事ファイルを公開するように求めた。当時のフランス官憲の証言も求めている。既にサンカラの墓だと云われる墓を暴いたが、サンカラの亡骸は確認されていない。
ベルギー国会はルムンバ暗殺にベルギーが関与したことを認めて陳謝した。フランスはどうするだろうか。
今更フランスやベルギーに謝ってもらっても時すでに遅いのだが、名誉回復は必要だろう。サンカラ死後29年、ルムンバは55年。時間がたてば証人もいなくなる。解明は今しかない。
ルムンバもサンカラもアフリカの偉大なる指導者には違いないが、ノスタルジーに浸るのではなく、客観的な評価をしながら、これからの国づくりを進めていかねばならないと思う。両者とも僕は負の部分がかなりあったと考えるのである。
フランスのド・ゴールは今やっと実像が捕えられるようになってきた。
Burkina
Faso wants France to declassify military files on Thomas Sankara’s
assassination
October
18, 2016 Quartz Africa WRITTEN BY Yomi Kazeem
It has
been 29 years since Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s legendary leader, died. But
questions about his death have largely gone unanswered.
Many
believe that the inspirational leader was assassinated in a coup led by his
then minister of defense and long-time deputy, Blaise Compaore, who followed
him as president. But exactly how remains unclear. An investigating judge in
Burkina Faso has asked France to declassify military files on Sankara’s killing
to determine whether France “played a role” in the assassination. The request
also requires interviewing some French officials who were involved in the
country’s affairs at the time.
The
move is part of a probe into Sankara’s death which began last year, following
the ouster of president Compaore from office in October 2014. Campaore had
ruled for 27 years following Sankara’s death.
Now
exiled in Ivory Coast, Campaore is the subject of an international warrant for
his arrest by the government. Campaore has denied the charges, but has refused
to return to Burkina Faso to stand trial.
As part
of the government probe, the remains of Sankara and his aides, also killed in
the coup, have been exhumed to determine the cause of death. The Sankara family
had been issued a death certificate by the Campaore government stating the
leader died of natural causes. Initial tests of the remains could not determine
the identity of the bodies; DNA was not “detectable.”
The
probe was initiated “in the name of national reconciliation,” according to
Michel Kafando, interim president of Burkina Faso last year. Sankara’s legacy
and influence still looms in–and beyond–Burkina Faso. Known for his austere
lifestyle and prudence with scarce government resources, Sankara led bold
reforms during his four years in office, including changing the name from Upper
Volta to Burkina Faso. He is considered one of Africa’s greatest leaders.
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