Opposition leader goes missing in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's former foreign minister-turned-opposition leader has been missing for three days after being taken away from his house by people who said they were police, his party said on Wednesday, Report informs, citing Barron’s.

Ablasse Ouedraogo also served as deputy director general of the World Trade Organization and held positions at the African Development Bank.

He is currently head of the opposition party Le Faso Autrement and has been critical of the military regime that has ruled Burkina following a September 2022 coup.

On Sunday evening, Ouedraogo "was taken away by individuals who presented themselves as members of the national police at his house in Ouagadougou," Le Faso Autrement said in a statement released on Tuesday.

Since then, the party has not had any news of his whereabouts and has been unable to contact him, it said, calling for Ouedraogo's "immediate release without conditions.".

Ouedraogo served as foreign minister under President Blaise Compaore in 1994–1999.