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The French Supreme Court on Tuesday approved the extradition of Burkina Faso's ousted leader's brother, Blaise Compaoré, to the court of his home country, for the murder of a journalist.
The Court of Cbadation upheld a decision of a court of first instance last December, which also approved the extradition of François Compaoré, arrested in Paris in October 2017.
Compaoré is wanted for the murder of investigative journalist Norbert Zongo in Burkina Faso in 1998.
He was one of the most hated personalities of Blaise Compaoré's regime, who had been ousted during a popular uprising in October 2014 after attempting to amend the constitution in order to extend his 27 years of control of power.
The Paris government must make a final decision on its extradition from France. This recourse can theoretically be the subject of an appeal before the French State Council, which rules in constitutional matters.
Compaoré is wanted for "inciting the death" of Zongo and three companions, whose charred bodies were found in a car burned in the south of the country in December 1998.
Zongo's family has long accused François Compaoré of having participated in the mbadacres, which triggered mbad demonstrations in Burkina Faso and provoked international condemnation.
Compaore's lawyers have argued against his extradition, claiming that the charges against him do not exist in France and warning him that he could incur the death penalty.
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