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AU demands release of ousted Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Ecowas has warned the military in Burkina Faso against any attempt to oust the democratically elected government.

Photo credit: Issouf Sanogo | AFP

The African Union has condemned the coup d'état in Burkina Faso and demanded an urgent release of detained President Roch Kabore.

AU chairman President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said on Tuesday there should be no conditions attached to the release of President Kabore whom he argued had been illegally arrested.