The remains of social media influencer Alain Christophe Traoré, known as Alino Faso, have been flown home from Côte d’Ivoire, sparking nationwide mourning and louder calls for accountability.
Zig Diaries
| Diplomacy & Justice
Date: Monday, 18 August 2025
Time: 09:00 WAT
Location: 📍Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
His contested death inside an Abidjan gendarmerie cell risks straining Burkina Faso–Côte d’Ivoire relations.
The body of
Alain Christophe Traoré, popularly known as Alino Faso, has been repatriated
from Côte d’Ivoire to Burkina Faso, igniting both public grief and political
uproar.
Ivorian
authorities said Traoré hanged himself with bedsheets in his Abidjan gendarmerie
school cell late July. But supporters and the Burkinabe government reject the
suicide claim, describing his death as a “villainous murder” and demanding a
transparent probe.
Burkina
Faso’s government condemned the lack of prior notification to Traoré’s family,
lawyer, or embassy in Abidjan. Officials vowed the death “will not go
unpunished” and are pressing for a joint investigation with Côte d’Ivoire.
The
repatriation triggered mass protests in Ouagadougou, where hundreds marched in
white from the Thomas Sankara Memorial to the Ivorian embassy, holding placards
that demanded truth and justice. Many protesters said Traoré’s death embodied
wider grievances over political repression and the treatment of dissenting
voices in West Africa.
Human rights
groups warned that the case risks worsening relations between Ouagadougou and
Abidjan while raising questions about detention practices across the region.
Fact-check
& context:
Alino Faso rose to prominence as a social media voice supportive of Burkina
Faso’s ruling junta.
His sudden death in custody has inflamed suspicions in a region where custodial deaths of activists and political opponents often spark allegations of foul play.
Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire maintain complex ties
marked by both security cooperation and political rivalry.
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