France helped Compaoré flee Burkina Faso unrest, Hollande says

France’s President François Hollande said Monday that France had facilitated the evacuation of Burkina Faso’s president, Blaise Compaoré, after his ouster last week and urged the military to hand power to a civilian authority. Compaoré fled the country last week following mass protests against his bid to prolong his 27-year-long rule by standing in elections…