African Union chair Tshisekedi demands release of ousted Burkinabe leader

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore in Ouagadougou on December 2, 2015. PHOTO | AFP

The African Union has denounced the coup d'état in Burkina Faso and demanded for the release of detained President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.

Chairman of the continental bloc, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said on Tuesday President Kabore was illegally arrested and he should be freed without condition.