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Let's say Thomas Sankara finds out about the coup and prevents it from happening or for whatever plan is able to stop the coup if it happens before it could destroy him. How would Burkina Faso be affected by this? Would his regime be as good as his people hoped it would be? And how would other nations and the IMF (because Burkina Faso has had disputes with it regarding its debts) respond?