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Burkina Faso interim president released
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THE military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup has freed interim President Michel Kafando and two of his ministers from detention, the junta’s leader said yesterday as security forces fired in the air to quell protests.
The decision to free Kafando appeared to signal possible flexibility by General Gilbert Diendere and the junta ahead of talks with Senegalese President Macky Sall, current chairman of the West African ECOWAS bloc.
Sall and Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi are due to mediate in the wake of Thursday’s coup that was condemned by the United States, former colonial power France and the United Nations, which demanded the resumption of a democratic transition.
“I confirm that President Kafando has been freed. He is in good health,” Diendere told journalists, adding that interim Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida was under house arrest.
The takeover derailed a transition that started last October after street protests toppled President Blaise Compaore after 27 years in power and was due to lead to elections on October 11. That uprising became a beacon for democratic aspirations in Africa at a time when long-term and authoritarian rulers from Rwanda to Congo Republic are seeking to scrap term limits.
Diendere was Compaore’s military advisor and he said the putsch was triggered by a transitional government proposal to dismantle the presidential guard and a fear of instability after Compaore’s supporters were barred from contesting elections.
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