Burkina Faso - Three arrests in reopened Zongo murder investigation

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails the arrests of three suspects in the newly revived investigation into journalist Norbert Zongo's murder in 1998 and urges Burkina Faso's judicial authorities to press ahead with their investigation and, in particular, to identify the murder's instigators. The three suspects arrested and charged on 12 December are former members of the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP), which protected President Blaise Compaoré until his fall from power last year. (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 21 décembre 2015