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Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore, who was toppled in a popular uprising last month, will stay in Morocco for a limited period after fleeing his country, the Moroccan government said on Friday.

On Thursday, Compaore left for Morocco from Ivory Coast, where he had stayed since abandoning his country when thousands of protesters took to the streets in October.

“The former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, arrived Thursday evening in Casablanca with another five people for a specified period,” a statement from the Foreign ministry said without giving other details.

The Moroccan statement said the North African kingdom supported the political transition in Burkina Faso and congratulated its people on “the historical last phase of the country’s history.”

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