Thousands marched in Burkina Faso on Wednesday demanding "truth and justice" following the death of pro-junta influencer Alain Christophe Traore, known as Alino Faso, who died in detention in Ivory Coast amid spying accusations.
Traore, 44, was found dead last week in his cell in Abidjan, the Ivorian economic capital. He had been held since his January arrest on charges of "collusion with agents of a foreign state that could harm the military or diplomatic situation of Ivory Coast."
Relations between the two West African neighbors have been strained since Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Capt. Ibrahim Traore, seized power in a September 2022 coup.
Burkina Faso has called for "light to be shed" on the death.
Ivorian prosecutors say Alino Faso "hanged himself with the help of his bedsheets after having tried without success to open the veins in his wrist."
