French court approves extradition of brother of ex-Burkina Faso president
Francois Compaore, brother of the deposed Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore, attends a summit in Ouagadougou on December 20, 2012. A French court approved on December 5, 2018 the extradition of Francois Compaore to face prosecution in his homeland over the murder of a journalist. PHOTO | AHMED OUOBA | AFP
A Paris court of appeal on Wednesday approved an extradition request by Burkina Faso’s government for the brother of ex-Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore, a court spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Police detained Francois Compaore at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris in October on an international arrest warrant related to the 1998 murder of Norbert Zongo, who published Burkina Faso’s L'Indépendant newspaper.
