Burkina Faso justice denies arrest warrant for Camille Makosso
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Netafrique
Burkina Faso’s Justice Ministry denies issuing an international arrest warrant for Ivorian activist Camille Makosso, who is being prosecuted for defamatory remarks against the country’s highest authorities. Ouagadougou instead asks that the pastor be tried in his country of residence, while demanding the extradition of its own nationals facing charges.
Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Justice and Human Rights says it has issued no arrest warrant for Camille Makosso, an Ivorian pastor and activist. Ouagadougou instead asks that Makosso be prosecuted in Côte d’Ivoire, his country of residence, for remarks deemed defamatory and slanderous, damaging to Burkina Faso’s image and offensive towards its highest authorities, according to the ministry.
For Burkinabè nationals being prosecuted in the same cases and living abroad, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights maintains its request for their arrest and extradition to Burkina Faso so that they can answer for the acts of which they are accused, according to the same institution.
The clarification comes after reports announcing an international arrest warrant for Camille Makosso. It also forms part of a series of proceedings targeting Burkinabè nationals abroad, including 14 people facing extradition, announced on 13 November.
