Former gendarme Zagré Désiré Sylvain Alfred dies in Koudougou
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lefaso
Zagré Désiré Sylvain Alfred, a retired Burkinabè gendarme, died on 12 October 2026 at Koudougou Regional Hospital, aged 73. His funeral is scheduled for 14 and 15 October, with a mass at Saint Augustine Cathedral followed by burial at the municipal cemetery, according to the family notice.
Retired Burkinabè gendarme Zagré Désiré Sylvain Alfred has died in Koudougou, in Burkina Faso’s Centre-West region, Lefaso reports. The death notice names the Zagré families in Godin, Ouagadougou, Germany, Canada and France, as well as the Sanou families in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso.
The deceased leaves a widow, Zagré née Sanou Abiba Josiane, and three children, Nadine Lydia, Yves Hermann and his wife Zagré née Traoré Tieminé, according to Lefaso.
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