Burkina Faso: Court promises long-awaited judgements


Issue 271 - 17 Feb 2014 | 1 minute read

Amid rising social tensions and opposition to President Blaise Compaoré’s plans to stand for another term as president, public accounts court senior judge Noumoutié Herbert Traoré has promised that judgements on three long-running cases will soon be issued. The three cases include allegations of false accounting by state energy company Société Nationale Burkinabé d’Hydrocarbures (Sonabhy). The case against Sonabhy includes false accounting to gain tax breaks and contracts awarded by direct negotiation without prior board approval. Traoré formally delivered the 2012 report on management of public finances from the Cour des Comptes to Compaoré in December 2013.

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