Reception for François Mitterrand
· Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Sankara spoke at an official reception during French President François Mitterrand's visit to Ouagadougou, criticizing France's reception of apartheid-era South African leader P. W. Botha and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi. The cited page identifies the occasion as 17 November 1986; coordinates represent the city because the dinner venue is not specified.