Burkina Faso approves amnesty for 2015 coup plotters

Burkina Faso is taking steps to confront its turbulent past. The country’s transitional parliament has passed a law granting amnesty to soldiers accused of a coup attempt in 2015.

Then, a group of soldiers from the country’s Presidential Security Regiment, loyal to ousted President Blaise Campaore, attempted to overthrow the transitional government less than a month before elections.

The coup failed after a section of the military…