Editing Norbert Zongo (section)

== Impact ==
[[File:Memorial Norbert Zongo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Memorial to Zongo in Sapouy]]
During his funeral, about 20,000 people walked {{convert|10|km|spell=in}} from the mortuary to the cemetery to pay tribute to him and solidarity with his cause.{{sfn|Soré|2008|p=9}}<ref name=mondediplo /> In 2006, Zongo's case was determined closed with no one found guilty, which enraged civil rights defenders and citizens of Burkino Faso.<ref name=globalnews /><ref name=swarthmore>{{cite web|url=http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/burkina-faso-coalition-campaigns-justice-journalist-zongo-s-death-1998-2001|title=Burkina Faso coalition campaigns for justice in journalist Zongo's death, 1998-2001|publisher=}}</ref>

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.<ref name=rsfimpunity>{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/burkina-faso-hope-of-justice-for-norbert-zongo-08-06-2015,47979.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718233058/http://en.rsf.org/burkina-faso-hope-of-justice-for-norbert-zongo-08-06-2015,47979.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2015|title=Hope of justice for Norbert Zongo at last?|publisher=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref><ref name=opensocietyfoundations />

In 2014, it was determined that Norbert Zongo's case was unfairly excused due to a bias in government.<ref name=nation />

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2017/10/29/burkina-le-frere-de-l-ancien-president-compaore-retenu-a-l-aeroport-roissy-charles-de-gaulle-dans-l-affaire-norbert-zongo_5207537_3212.html|title=Burkina : François Compaoré interpellé à Roissy dans l'affaire Norbert Zongo|website=Le Monde.fr|date=29 October 2017|language=fr|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> A French ministerial decree authorized the extradition of Compaoré in March 2020.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2020/03/06/la-france-autorise-l-extradition-de-francois-compaore-vers-le-burkina-faso_6032028_3212.html | title=La France autorise l'extradition de François Compaoré vers le Burkina Faso | newspaper=Le Monde.fr | date=6 March 2020 }}</ref> However, the extradition was suspended in 2021 by the [[European Court of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/fr/france/20210806-la-cedh-suspend-l-extradiction-de-fran%C3%A7ois-compaor%C3%A9-depuis-la-france-vers-le-burkina-faso | title=La CEDH suspend l'extradiction de François Compaoré depuis la France vers le Burkina Faso | date=6 August 2021 }}</ref> Subsequently, in the aftermath of the [[September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|2022 coup]], on December 13, 2023, France made the 2020 ministerial decree obsolete.<ref>[https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20231221-burkina-faso-la-france-annule-le-d%C3%A9cret-d-extradition-de-fran%C3%A7ois-compaor%C3%A9 "Afrique Burkina Faso: la France annule le décret d'extradition de François Compaoré"], Radio France Internationale, 21 December 2023 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>