History Thomas Sankara's Ministers arriving for a Cabinet meeting in 1984. Before his tenure, Ministers used Mercedes Benz cars. He sold them. He refused foreign aid, boosted the literacy rate by 60%, ended women's oppression, vaccinated 2.5 million children and planted 10 million trees to reduce air pollution in 4 years. He only had $350 in his account when he died. His best friend, Blaise Compaore killed him. Sankara bought the cheapest cars you could find, Renault 5 cars for the Minister to s