Burkina Faso: arrest of leaders of a movement wanting to form a "liberation army"
Fighters from civilian self-defense groups, in Ouagadougou, in March 2020 © AP - Sam Mednick
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In Burkina Faso, twenty-four hours after their public speech, the leaders of a movement which called itself "
the Union for the Liberation of Burkina Faso
" were arrested by the police.
At a press conference, they called for the recruitment of around 25,000 people to form, they said, a “
liberation army
”.
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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,
Yaya Boudani
Faced with the terrorist attacks, they had offered to recruit and train young people for at least two months before sending them to the field.
A few hours after this exit, they were arrested by the security forces.
But according to the latest news, they have been released, according to an official from the Ministry of Security.
It was the Ministry of Security which announced the arrest of officials of the Union for the Liberation of Burkina Faso, twenty-four hours after their press conference.
According to an official of the ministry, it was a question of knowing their "
real
" intention.
"
They have no legal recognition and security is the sovereign domain of the State
" insists this senior official of the Ministry of Security.
According to Ousseini Tamboura, the government spokesperson is the state which organizes citizen participation in the war effort.
Finally, officials of the Union for the Liberation of Burkina Faso were released after their hearing, but they must report early next week to the judicial police for the rest of the procedure.
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