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Voters
queue before casting their ballots, during elections in Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Theo Renaut)
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Thousands of people are
casting their ballots Sunday in Burkina Faso's first presidential and
legislative elections since a popular uprising toppled the nation's longtime
leader last year. Many
say the vote will be the most democratic in the West African nation's history,
because no incumbent is on the ballot and the presidential guard has been
dissolved.
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Michel
Kafando, centre, President of the Transitional Government of Burkina Faso holds
up his ballot before casting it during elections in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,
Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Theo Renaut)
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"It
is a victory for the youth that has expressed its will for change and for real
democracy," said transitional President Michel Kafando after casting his
vote.
