Blaise Compaoré

The Eritrean-Ethiopian border war the army mutiny in Guinea Bissau and the sudden death of the Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha left the Organisation of African Unity summit on 8-10 June struggling for relevance despite the best efforts of its host President Blaise Compaoré...

By the same token the victory of Charles Taylor in Liberia last July was a major diplomatic victory for Blaise Compaoré whom Abuja sees as a problem...

The reconciliation meeting is supposed to wind up before Misab' s mandate expires with the chairman's place at its final session filled by four heads of state designated as peacekeepers by their colleagues - Omar Bongo (Gabon) Idriss Déby (Chad) Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso) and Alpha Omar Konaré (Mali)...

Guerandi carries a Burkina Faso diplomatic passport which is more because President Blaise Compaoré wants to keep an eye on him (and keep Paris informed as well) than an indicator of Ougadougou's hostile intentions towards Biya...

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré must be delighted to see Taylor in power...

French officials in Niamey – including Gilbert Astier who handles aid programmes – would probably like him to follow the example of another military man Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso installing a technocrat as prime minister then defusing the opposition by making ministers of its leaders...

Côte d'Ivoire has dismissed Taylor's claims of support from Abidjan; his steadfast regional ally is still Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré who maintained the arms pipeline to Taylor throughout the war...

We hear that Presidents Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso) Idriss Déby (Chad) and Henri Konan Bédié (Côte d'Ivoire) were told once the attack was underway but Gabon's President Omar Bongo was kept informed from the start...

Blaise Compaoré; Togo's Gen...

The host President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso was probably the youngest head of state ever to chair such a meeting; safe enough since he is also one of France's most loyal friends...