Burkina Faso: ex-president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré freed
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, former president of Burkina Faso.
(illustrative image) REUTERS/Joe Penney
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The former Burkinabè president was able to return to his home on Wednesday 6 April.
He had been under house arrest since January 24, the date of the military coup that overthrew him from power.
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In a press release released this Wednesday evening, the Burkinabè government specifies that this decision comes after “
consultations started a little over three weeks ago with the former president of Faso
”.
On March 27, Alassane Bala Sakandé, former president of the National Assembly, and also president of the People's Movement for Progress,
was arrested
after asking for his release.
The day before, ECOWAS had summoned the Burkinabe authorities to release the former president "
unconditionally and without delay
".
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