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Comités de Défense de la Révolution | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1983 |
Dissolved | 1987 |
Jurisdiction | Republic of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso |
Headquarters | Ouagadougou |
The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (French: Comités de Défense de la Révolution, CDRs) were systems of local revolutionary cells, established in Burkina Faso by the Marxist-Leninist and pan-Africanist leader Thomas Sankara, President of the country from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. Committees were established in each workplace. They were inspired by the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in Cuba, and functioned as "organs of political and social control."[1]