Pressure group not fully satisfied

Unsatisfied by the pledge, Halidou Ouedraogo - chairman of a broad-based pressure group comprising politicians, lawyers and journalists - said on Saturday: "For us the necessary means are not an air-conditioned office for the judge nor powerful cars. ...We need the moral means to assure the independence of the judiciary, its impartiality and accessibility." Two weeks ago, an independent panel of investigators implicated six presidential guardsmen in Zongo's death. Guardsmen were also accused of torturing and killing David Ouedraogo, who was the driver of the president's brother, Francois Compaore, AFP reported. Zongo's bullet-ridden and charred body, and those of three others, were found in an abandoned vehicle on a deserted road some 100 km outside the capital, Ouagadougou. Compaore said he had ordered his defence minister to reorganise and barrack his presidential security regiment. Orders have also been given for compensation to Zongo and Ouedraogo's families.