In Burkina Faso, a judicial investigation was opened after the assassination of Yolande Viviane Compaoré, former minister and figure in the regime of former President Blaise Compaoré.
His body was discovered on January 10 at his home, in a working-class neighborhood of Ouagadougou. According to the prosecution, the first elements collected on site indicate that the victim was attacked and then murdered in her home.
Faced with the seriousness of the facts, the Faso prosecutor announced the immediate opening of an investigation in order to identify the perpetrators and possible accomplices. A call for witnesses was also launched. At this stage, no suspects have been arrested.
Yolande Viviane Compaoré held several leading positions under the presidency of Blaise Compaoré, in power from 1987 to 2014. Former governor, member of the Congress for Democracy and Progress, she was notably Minister of Transport and Tourism, then Minister of Regional Integration.
She also chaired the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the National Assembly, as well as the Network of Women Parliamentarians of La Francophonie.
Blaise Compaoré, overthrown during the popular uprising of 2014, now lives in Ivory Coast. The Burkinabè authorities say they want to shed light on this assassination.
