Burkina Issues Arrest Warrant for Speaker of Ivory Coast Parliament – Sources

 

Guillaume Soro

Reuters, 15/01 16:37 CET

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for Guillaume Soro, the speaker of parliament in Ivory Coast, on charges related to a failed coup last year, military sources said on Friday.

The warrant risks raising tension between the West African neighbors.

Soro and the rebellion he led played a crucial roll in Ivory Coast’s 2011 civil war, backing President Alassane Ouattara’s claim to leadership after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo refused to recognize his election defeat. 

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Source: Euronews