Yacouba Isaac Zida

They included apart from Compaoré himself the just-ousted Roch Marc Christian Kaboré interim post-Compaoré presidents Michel Kafando and Yacouba Isaac Zida and Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo who briefly ran the country in 1982-83 before he was deposed by the man whose ghost dominated all the proceedings Sankara...

All the others scored just over 3% or less including the former general Yacouba Isaac Zida who watched from exile in Canada as he obtained a mere 1...

Another signatory to the 18 August pact is Yacouba Isaac Zida the former number two in the now-disbanded presidential guard of ex-President Compaoré and the first to grab the reins of power in the chaotic aftermath of Compaoré's departure (AC Vol 55 No 2 Rising up against Compaoré)...

Barry's Achilles heel was his enduring loyalty to a man who is loathed and feared by the new MPP establishment – General Yacouba Isaac Zida a former number two in the RSP who switched allegiances became Prime Minister in the 2014-15 transition from Compaoré's rule to the present government and now lives in exile in Canada (AC Vol 55 No 22 Pressure mounts on Zida)...

The former interim Prime Minister Isaac Zida who was an anti-Compaoré deputy commander of the RSP and still enjoys influence in some FDS units especially the RSP's replacement as presidential close protection force the Groupe de Sécurité du Président de la République (GSPR)...

The former second-in-command of the Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle (RSP) and the country's first self-declared post-Blaise president Yacouba Isaac Zida exiled in Canada has also mentioned his possible candidacy...

Two explanations are doing the rounds: that Barry already a welcome guest at G5 meetings was eclipsing his government-appointed peers and that he was too close to former transitional Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida (AC Vol 56 No 9 The code breakers)...

He also says he has broken with the Burkinabè former Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida and points an accusing finger at supporters of Ivorian ex-President Lauren Gbagbo...

The government has revoked the appointment of the former transitional Prime Minister General Yacouba Isaac Zida as Ambassador to the United States over corruption allegations...

Interim Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida also said the voices were those of Soro and Bassolé...