​Burkina Faso: two members of the Balai citoyen collective arrested 

  De nouvelles arrestations au sein de la société civile ont eu lieu au Burkina Faso (New arrests in the civil society have also been made in Burkina Faso). After members of the Sens movement, two militants of the Balai citoyen have been arrested in recent days, including a cadre of this organization. Miphal Ousmane Lankoandé, sociologist and executive secretary of Balai citoyen, was arrested on Sunday morning in front of his home in Karpala, Ouagadougou. According to witnesses, he was taken, in front of his companion, by armed men posing as gendarmes. Since, “person does not know where he is, we have no news”, indicated a member of the movement who specifies that the lawyers are trying to obtain information. Miphal Ousmane Lankoandé was arrested while returning from Cotonou where he participated in a seminar on the activism of the Foundation of Innovation for Democracy. On the social networks of this organisation, this declaration of the militant has been disseminated: “There is nothing more noble than politics, than collective management. 

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