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Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian remains detained

Date: Jan 25, 2022

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian remains detained

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained by mutinous soldiers who are demanding the departure of the army chiefs and appropriate means to fight insurgents who have struck the country since 2015. Kabore has led Burkina Faso since being elected in 2015 after a popular uprising that led to the ousting of long-time strongman President Blaise Compaore, who was in power for nearly three decades. On #SAfmBTH with Aldrin Sampear spoke to Koffi Kouakou, Africa Analyst and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg

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