Blaise Compaoré

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...

Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré host of the 2004 summit tactfully abstained...

Falling out with regional heads of state who are close to French President Jacques Chirac such as Burkina's President Blaise Compaoré and Togo's President Gnassingbé Eyadéma may have been a particularly bad move...

Advocates of a making a tough stand include Senegal Benin and Burkina Faso whose President Blaise Compaoré has been the most outspoken...

The tone of the government accusations left President Blaise Compaoré a consummate political survivor looking like the injured party...

His opponents charge that regional leaders like Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré are discreetly supporting him in this because such a testimony would set an unhelpful precedent...

President Blaise Compaoré has a remarkable ability to cause tremendous trouble for his neighbours and still come up smelling of roses...

Even Burkina Faso's 5 May legislative polls may have been a step away from the authoritarian tendencies that had previously characterised the régime of of President Blaise Compaoré...

Trigger-happy President Blaise Compaoré's human rights embarrassments have gone from bad to worse with an assault on 6 February from Amnesty International over 106 extrajudicial executions documented since the launch of an anti-banditry campaign in November...

More problematic still Taylor has broken with his old ally Burkina Faso President and co-sponsor of the RUF Blaise Compaoré...