Blaise Compaoré

With elections due in November Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré may need to concentrate on domestic politics rather than his brand of behind the scenes regional diplomacy...

Regional mixer Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré will not be damaged by the Ivorian crisis as long as he can suppress any revelations about Ouagadougou's support for Sergeant Ibrahim Coulibaly (arrested in Paris last August) and the rebel MPCI...

Taylor a protégé of Libya's Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi and ally of Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré still has friends in Africa...

Their relationship seemed to grow as Taylor's alliance waned with President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso once the linch-pin of his regional network...

A leader of the 1999 coup that toppled President Henri Konan Bédié and a key figure behind the September 2002 rebellion IB left his Burkina Faso refuge for France on 20 August after falling out with President Blaise Compaoré...

Hitherto hesitant about taking on the EU and US producer lobbies West African cotton producers have banded together to lobby for their interests meeting in mid-June in Ouagadougou following a 10 June visit to the WTO headquarters in Switzerland by Burkinabè President Blaise Compaoré to lobby for their interests...

Relations with President Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso are pragmatic...

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré though will continue to get off scot free...

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré a key regional ally of French President Jacques Chirac is acting with great discretion even by his standards hoping to bolster both his ties with France and his regional standing...

Apart from Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo those causing most concern include Togo's President Gnassingbé Eyadéma (who has promised to stand down next year but does everything to prepare for another term) and Guinea's President Lansana Conté Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou Nguesso Central African Republic's Ange-Félix Patassé and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré...