Watamou Lamien

Watamou Lamien was a Burkinabé politician and journalist. He had a leading role at the Voltan National Radio in the years leading up to the 4 August 1983 coup d'état. Lamien would head the Union of Burkinabé Communists (UCB), one of the parties within the revolutionary government. He served as Minister of Information and Culture between 1984 and 1986, and as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1987 until his death in 1988. Whilst officially he perished in a car accident, there have been significant speculation regarding the circumstances of his death.