>> thomas sankara was a simple person who had a lot of values, values of integrity.sy to get along with. someone who loved others. you could see it, whether it was women, children, men. he was someone with a lot of humorror. he worked a lot and liked a job well done. he was very demanding of himself. >> what time of husband was he? >> he was good husband. he was a pleasure to be around. you could not be with him and not anowledge his values. >> how was it at home during his presidency? >> he would say himself that it is work, he was on a minges. so whe he's outside, he plays his role of president but at home, he's thomas with everyone. he had a lot of things to do in a short period of time. >> marion sankara speaking there. lots more to come. stay with us. more five decades, sir pa mccartney has been blamed for breaking up the beatles. now he's told the bbc it was, in fact, john lennon who fractured the fab four. ♪ >> austria's goran minister has been sworn in as theountry's chance lore. he replaces sebastien kurtz who resigned on saturday. more from vienna. >> i thi

anchor: it was almost 34 years to the day ago that burkina faso's left wing leader thomas sankara wasssassinated. now the trial of the 10 men accused in his murder is underway. we have the story. reporter: wearingilitary fatigues, this man attends the opening of the trial. the former general was in the army during the coup that led to the death of burkina faso's former president, thomas sankara . he and 13 others are charged with complicy in the assassination. however, the main suspect is boycotting the trial. the former president now living in exile in ivory coast, says he had nothing to do with the assassination. sankara's widow eressed her disappointment. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: more than 30 years ter, the military ibunal will try to shed a light on the circumstances surrounding the death of the man known as africa's jay guevara -- che guevara. he was gunned down along with 12 companions by a group of soldiers and suspicions fell on a close friend and ally who later came to power in the coup. a member of the presidential guard now on the run is now suspected of lea

the way is open today over the assassination. today in burkina faso over the assassination of thomas sankaras during a coup on 15 october 1987. this saw his close friend, blaise compaore, come to powerfour years previously, the pair had staged the takeover which saw sankara become president. this is mr compaore, he's among the accused but he is currently in exile in neighbouring ivory coast, where he fled after being forced to resign during mass protests in 2014. he denies involvement in sankara's death. 14 defendants have been charging the trial and so far 12 have been present in the trial. one of them being a general who served as a former presidents chief of staff. he was present in court today and we saw him donned in military attire as well as a doctor who was accused of holding forging documents saying he died of natural causes. some of the people who have been charged in accenture is a former president who is in exile on ivory coast as well as a man who served as a part of his guide and he is currently on the run. he was in powerfor overfour years but he led the most radical series of