(VOVworld) - Burkina Faso is setting up checkpoints at its borders and will eventually look to close its borders for the upcoming general election, Burkina Faso Security Minister Alain Jean-Claude Zagre told a press conference on Friday. He said that the country was ready for the general election this Sunday, which includes the presidential election, and security has been tightened. Around 5.5 million eligible voters are eligible to go to polls on Sunday. Burkina Faso’s elections will end the transition established after a popular uprising that ousted President Blaise Compaore in October 2014. A national election was initially scheduled for Oct. 11, 2015, the country's first since Compaore was toppled one year ago after 27 years in power and replaced by Interim President Michel Kafando. Burkina Faso’s transition to democracy was shaken, however, by a failed coup attempt on Sept. 16. Kafando was however reinstated after being briefly arrested by the coup leaders.