Municipal elections are due to be held on 24 September in Burkina Faso, under a presidential decree issued on Thursday in the capital, Ougadougou, PANA reported.
The polls have been postponed twice, form 31 July and again from 22 August, obliging the national assembly to set up a special team to run the town councils, PANA said. According to the decree, the revision of the voters’ register should be completed by 25 August.
The postponement of the polls coincided with long-running public protests over the mysterious death of investigative journalist Norbert Zongo and three companions in December 1998.
Zongo died while investigating the death of David Ouedraogo, driver of President Blaise Compaore’s younger brother, Francois. Security guards linked to the younger Compaore have been blamed for the killings.
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