Burkina Faso: outcry for justice and body repatriation in Ouagadougou from Abidjan

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Burkina Faso: outcry for justice and body repatriation in Ouagadougou from Abidjan  Hundreds of protesters clad in white flooded the streets of Ouagadougou on Tuesday, demanding justice for Alain Traoré, a prominent social media activist known as Alino Faso, whose death in an Ivorian prison has sparked outrage and diplomatic tensions.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/30/burkina-faso-outcry-for-justice-and-body-repatriation-in-ouagadougou-from-abidjan  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Dressed in white, hundreds of Bukinabe took to the streets of the capital, Wagadougou.

00:07They marched from Thomas Sankara Memorial to the Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire in Wagadougou

00:12to protest the death of Alain Traore alias Alino Faso.

00:17The influenza was found hanged on Thursday, July 24, in his cell in Abidjan, unstated by the Ivorian prosecutor.

00:25The circumstances of his death were deemed suspicious by the protesters in Wagadougou.

00:32They claim Alino Faso hanged himself, something we will never accept, not even for eternity,

00:37simply because we know Alino Faso, he was someone who fought day and night.

00:42He will not hang himself over the pettiness of some authorities who don't even know where they are headed.

00:47Following the announcement of the influenza's death,

00:51Bukina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Corporation and Bukinabeza Broad

00:56summoned the chaged affair of the Ivorian Embassy to express outrage and disapproval of a procedure

01:03that violates diplomatic principles and values.

01:07Jean-Marie Karamoko demanded clarity on this tragedy and the repatriation of the body.

01:13The protesters echoed this demand.

01:15First of all, we demand a thorough joint investigation.

01:23If responsibilities are established, we also demand justice for our comrade,

01:29a fighter whose name is well known not only nationally but internationally,

01:34because his actions speak louder than words.

01:38Outright protesters even called for the resignation of the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara.

01:50Enough is enough.

01:52It is time for President Alassane Ouattara to step down.

01:57He is dividing the people at a time when unity is crucial.

02:02After the foreign minister's statement,

02:07the minister of communication and government spokesperson

02:10declared in an official statement read on a national television

02:15that Alinos Faso's death will not go unpunished.

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