Roch Marc Christian Kabore, former Burkina Faso President whose future became a major issue after he was toppled in a coup in January has been moved from house arrest to his home in the capital Ouagadougou, an AFP journalist said on Thursday.
Late Wednesday, the military-led government said in a statement that after three weeks of “consultations,” Kabore would return to his home.
“The government gives an assurance that measures have been taken to provide his security,” it said in a statement.
Several troops were on guard outside Kabore’s home on Thursday, while a few sightseers tried to catch a glimpse of the former President.
It was not immediately clear whether he was free in his movements.
Kabore was ousted on January 24 by officers disgruntled at his handling of a nearly seven-year-old jihadist insurgency that has claimed some 2,000 lives and forced 1.8 million people to flee their homes.
The junta, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, placed him under house arrest — a move condemned by Burkina’s neighbours in West Africa, which with the UN and African Union demanded his release.
AFP
