Burkina president approves law barring Compaore backers from office

Burkina Faso's President Michel Kafando on Friday signed into law a controversial new electoral code that excludes figures linked to his deposed predecessor from running for office, an official statement said. "The law codifying the electoral code... has been promulgated," said the statement, which was read out by a state television presenter.
The new electoral bill makes ineligible for October 11's presidential and legislative polls those who had publicly backed ex-president Blaise Compaore's efforts to change the constitution to extend his 27-year rule.