# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norbert-zongo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:45:26.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norbert-zongo"
name: "Norbert Zongo"
slug: "norbert-zongo"
description: "Norbert Zongo, also known under the pen name Henri Segbo or H.S., was a Burkinabé investigative journalist who managed the newspaper L'Indépendant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Under Zongo's supervision, L'Indépendant exposed extortion and impunity within the government of Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré. He was assassinated after his newspaper began investigating the murder of a driver who had worked for the brother of Compaoré."
tagline: "Editor of l'Independent in Burkina Faso"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Memorial_Norbert_Zongo2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949-07-31"
deathDate: "1998-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.16
  momentum:             2.891891083780174
  historical:           8.370593333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Норберт Зонго"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "نوربيرت زونجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mos.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Zongo"
    title: "Norbert Zongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump