page_title: Norbert Zongo
section_title: Impact
hierarchical_section_title: Norbert Zongo / Impact
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial of the murder of Norbert Zongo. Highway near Sapouy, Burkina Faso English: lieu commémoratif, commémorant l'assassinat de Norbert Zongo. Autoroute proche de Sapouy, Burkina Faso
context_page_description: Norbert Zongo, also known under the pen name of Henri Segbo or H.S., was a Burkinabé investigative journalist who managed the newspaper L'Indépendant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Under Zongo's supervision, L'Indépendant exposed extortion and impunity within the government of Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré. Zongo was assassinated after his newspaper began investigating the murder of a driver who had worked for the brother of Compaoré.
context_section_description: During his funeral, about 20,000 people walked 10 kilometers from the mortuary to the cemetery to pay tribute to him and solidarity with his cause. In 2006, Zongo's case was determined closed with no one found guilty, which enraged civil rights defenders and citizens of Burkino Faso.
  Norbert Zongo's widowed wife, Genevieve continued to keep his newspaper, the L'Indépendant, alive after his death. She remains the primary publisher and editor in memory of her late husband.
  In 2014, it was determined that Norbert Zongo's case was unfairly excused due to a bias in government.
  On the morning of October 29, 2017, François Compaoré was arrested at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, based on a May 2017 international arrest warrant.
caption: Memorial to Zongo in Sapouy
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