Burkina Faso opens terrorism investigation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lefaso.net
Burkina Faso’s prosecutor general announces an investigation into several individuals and legal entities over terrorism-related acts, including Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba and François Compaoré. Camille Makosso is notably being prosecuted for glorifying terrorism, according to prosecutor general Désiré Sawadogo.
Désiré Sawadogo, prosecutor general at the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal, said on 13 November 2026 that a judicial investigation is under way against several individuals and legal entities over terrorism-related acts, according to Lefaso.net. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, former president of Burkina Faso’s transition, is being prosecuted for complicity in terrorist criminal association, complicity in illegal possession of firearms and ammunition for terrorist purposes, and complicity in financing terrorism. François Compaoré, former adviser to President Blaise Compaoré, is being prosecuted for financing terrorism and complicity in terrorist criminal association. Ivorian activist Camille Makosso is being prosecuted for glorifying terrorism and complicity in terrorist criminal association.
Désiré Sawadogo said that, as part of international judicial cooperation, Burkina Faso is awaiting the arrest and extradition to Burkina Faso of Burkinabè nationals targeted by the proceedings, according to Lefaso.net. For foreign nationals residing outside Burkina Faso, such as Camille Makosso, the prosecutor general wants proceedings to be initiated in the countries where they reside.
