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Burkina Faso

Blaise Compaoré

Date of Birth: 3/2/1951
Place of Birth: Ouagadougou


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Junta press-gangs the press

Balai Citoyen rose to prominence in 2014 when it played a lead role in the popular uprising that removed long-reigning autocrat Blaise Compaoré from power (AC Vol 55 No 22 The warning from Ouagadougou)...


Junta leader banks on autocracy

Other symbols of Traoré's more determined approach include his move out of the opulent Kosyam presidential palace built by Sankara's killer and long-time president Blaise Compaoré in the Ouaga2000 luxury suburb and into the more utilitarian office of the prime minister in the middle of town...


Palace coup could usher in Moscow's mercenaries

Army faultlines go back to the 1980s when factions supporting Sankara found themselves battling followers of the man who replaced him Blaise Compaoré...

This was the time of the popular uprising that removed Blaise Compaoré...


Goïta plays to his nationalist gallery

The Ouagadougou regime's more conciliatory approach was also reflected in reconciliation talks last week that brought together former heads of state including Blaise Compaoré – allowed to come and go freely despite his recent conviction for involvement in the 1987 murder of Thomas Sankara...


Compaoré's return baffles nation

Looking frail and disoriented Blaise Compaoré returned to Ouagadougou on 7 July for the first time since a popular revolt eight years ago swept him out of power and into exile in Côte d'Ivoire where he has been based ever since...


Another domino falls to the military

It also houses the military prison which holds Gen Gilbert Diendéré the former right-hand man of ousted President Blaise Compaoré who was convicted of leading a coup attempt in 2015 (AC Vol 60 No 18 Putschists put away)...


Jihadist terror tops the agenda

The attack triggered the largest manifestation of public anger since October 2014 when then-President Blaise Compaoré's bid to stay in power ended in a popular uprising and his overthrow in a coup (AC Vol 55 No 22 The warning from Ouagadougou)...


Kaboré searches desperately for answers on security

Many attribute the insecurity to the dismantling of the intelligence network created by strongman President Blaise Compaoré deposed in a popular uprising in 2014 and the collapse of his regime's covert deals with militant Islamist leaders but that is academic now and Kaboré seems bereft of alternatives...


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