Burkina Faso : Francois Campaore To Be Extradited

The French government has authorized the extradition to Burkina Faso of François Compaore junior brother of the ousted Burkinabe President, Blaise Campaore following his alleged involvement in the killing of journalist Norbert Zongo and three others twenty-two years ago. 
The Burkinabe Ministry of Justice published a copy of the ministerial decree, signed by Anne Guédamour, an employee of the Keeper of the Seals, Nicole Belloubet. 
Contacted by RFI, François Compaore's lawyer, Maître François Henri Briard, confirmed the authenticity of the document, even though his client has still not been notified of the extradition. The Lawyer added that if done, the ministerial decree would be challenge before the Council of State. Theoretically, the approach does not prevent extradition, but in practice, the French justice does not extradite until all remedies have been exhausted.
If they fail to get a favorable verdict, François Compaore's lawyers do not rule out taking the matter to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Steps that could take nearly a year. In June 2019, the Court of Cassation rejected François Compaore's appeal against his extradition to Ouagadougou where the Zongo case, closed in 2003 after a “dismissal” in favor of th...