Burkina Faso - African Court says Burkina Faso failed to investigate murder properly

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders hails a ruling issued by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights on 28 March, finding that Burkina Faso failed to properly investigate the 1998 murder of Norbert Zongo, the editor of the Ouagadougou-based weekly L'Indépendant. The burned bodies of Zongo and three other people were found in a car on 13 December 1998. At the time of his death, Zongo had been investigating the suspicious death in prison of David Ouédraogo, the driver of presidential adviser (...)

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