Twenty years in prison have been requested against General Gilbert Diendere, one of the army leaders in the 1987 coup and a key defendant in the trial of the alleged killers of former Burkinabe president Thomas Sankara. He is already serving a 20-year sentence for an attempted coup in 2015. Thirty years' imprisonment has also been requested for former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, who is accused of masterminding Sankara's murder. SHORT PROFILE OF General Gilbert Diendere