There has been a new legal twist in the case of the 1998 murder of prominent Burkinabe investigative journalist, Norbert Zongo, and three of his companions.
Their bodies were found charred in the car in which they were traveling together. Zongo published Burkina Faso's Independent newspaper.
At the time of his assassination, he was investigating the suspicious death of a driver who worked for the brother of then-President Blaise Compaoré.
The Attorney General at Ouagadougou’s Court of Appeal on Thursday said three people, including François Compaoré, were to go on trial.
They are facing charges of murder, aggravated destruction of property, and complicity in murder.
