1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état

1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
Date	15 October 1987
Location	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso12°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:; France; Mali; United States (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Sankara †; Mariam Sankara	Blaise Compaoré; Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani; Henri Zongo; Charles Taylor
	Nexus of coup in Ouagadougou (marked green), Burkina Faso

The 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état was a bloody military coup in Burkina Faso, which took place on 15 October 1987. The coup was organized by Captain Blaise Compaoré against incumbent far-left President Captain Thomas Sankara, his former friend and associate during the 1983 upheaval.

Compaoré has never acknowledged that a coup had taken place and claims to be a Sankara loyalist.