Burkina Faso's justice system has taken steps with US authorities to identify and remove the administrators of ten Facebook pages suspected of promoting terrorism. The Attorney General at the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal, Désiré Sawadogo, announced this initiative on Friday, November 13, 2026.
To this end, a request for international mutual legal assistance has been sent to the US judicial authorities, asking them to seek the cooperation of Meta, Facebook's parent company. The goal is to trace the individuals who administer these pages and enable potential legal proceedings against them.
The digital spaces concerned include "ADAMO Nicole", "BURKINA DEBAT", "MAYOURE de Paspanga", "Mouton d'ADO l'Original", "Princesse YABRE Nouveau", "Anton Kalil Diaby officiel", "France-Afrique Media", "Omar Coulibaly", "Naïm Touré" and "Alassane Conombo officiel".
The facts that are the subject of the proceedings relate in particular to the glorification of terrorism, complicity in terrorist criminal associations and, in some cases, the dissemination of images and videos of a terrorist nature.
Through this international judicial cooperation, the Burkinabe authorities seek to establish the responsibilities behind these digital platforms and to bring legal action against the acts they are accused of.
Djamila Kambou
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