Burkina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs Djibril Bassole addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 28, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
PARIS (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's former foreign minister Djibril Bassole has accused transitional authorities of detaining him for political reasons to prevent him running in this month's presidential election, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Bassole, previously a joint U.N.-African Union mediator in Sudan's Darfur conflict and foreign minister under longtime leader Blaise Compaore, was arrested in mid-September accused of supporting a coup against the interim government ahead of scheduled elections.
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