Burkina Faso's military government, which emerged from a September 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, has regularly been accused of repressing figures the junta considers hostile.

Measures against them have included forced recruitment to fight on the front line against jihadists, who have been operating in the country for a decade.

"The general management of Burkina Yawana informs the public that its editor, Lamine Traore, arrested (last) Tuesday, was released on Monday, October 20," the outlet wrote, having ceased publishing since the day of the abduction.

In a statement, the management said it "welcomes the release of its editor and commends the courtesy, professionalism, and attentiveness demonstrated by investigators throughout the process".

Additionally, the co-editor and director of Faso7, Abdou Zoure, "was also released yesterday (Monday). He has turned the page on this episode," a close associate told AFP.

His outlet did not comment.

Three other journalists similarly arrested were released last Wednesday.

The junta has been notably unhappy about the leaking of coverage of an interview late last month critical of the military prior to its broadcast on national television on September 28.

There has however been no official comment by the military government on the abductions.

Four Burkinabe appeals court magistrates are meanwhile missing, assumed abducted, since the start of this month, according to judicial sources.