US EditionAlain Faso: Burkina Faso Rejects Ivory Coast's Statement that Activist Died by Suicide
KADIOGO, CENTRE REGION, JUL 28 – Burkina Faso demands full transparency and repatriation of Alain Christophe Traore's body, rejecting Ivory Coast's suicide claim amid strained bilateral relations and ongoing investigations.
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Influencer's Death in Ivory Coast Exposes Deep Geopolitical Fault Lines and Economic Risks in West Africa
(Analysis) The unexpected death of Alain Christophe Traoré, popularly known as Alino Faso, a prominent Burkinabè influencer and vocal supporter of Burkina Faso’s military junta, occurred in an Ivorian detention cell on July 24, 2025. It has brought severe geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties in West Africa. Ivory Coast prosecutor Oumar Braman Koné reported that […]
Support of the ruling junta in Ouagadougou, Alain Christophe Traoré was found hanged in his cell in Abidjan. The Burkina Faso authorities reject the thesis of suicide.
Suicide in prison, according to the Ivorian official version, the death of Alino Faso, an entrepreneur for the Burkinabè military power, contains many areas of shadow, and is already exacerbating tensions between the two neighbouring countries.
Ouagadougou "rejects with force and vigour the thesis of suicide currently advanced by the Ivorian authorities", affirmed the spokesman of the Burkina Faso government, adding that it "strongly condemns this disappearance assimilable to a dreadful assassination".
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