Vol 46 No 23 | BURKINA FASO Disbelief suspended 18th November 2005 The big question about the presidential election on 13 November was the size of victory that incumbent Blaise Compaoré, 54, would choose to declare. In 1998, he won with 87....
Vol 43 No 16 | BURKINA FASO Blaise wins again 9th August 2002 Both the President and the opposition seem to be aiming for respectability President Blaise Compaoré has a remarkable ability to cause tremendous trouble for his neighbours and still come up smelling of roses. Despite all his years of support for L...
Vol 43 No 4 | BURKINA FASO 106 Executions 22nd February 2002 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 extrajudi...
Vol 42 No 21 | BURKINA FASO On Blaise's trail 26th October 2001 Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré is the latest in a series of African leaders on overseas visits to be harried by human rights organisations. He spent mid-October in...
Vol 41 No 23 | BURKINA FASO Stuck in the sand 24th November 2000 President Blaise Compaoré has changed his government but not his problems On 6 November, a new prime minister, Ernest Yonli, took over from the respected but hamstrung technocrat Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo. His first big difficult...
Vol 41 No 22 | BURKINA FASO Losing friends 10th November 2000 President Blaise Compaoré has been stuck in a political crisis for two years.
Vol 40 No 20 | BURKINA FASO Whodunit? 8th October 1999 One death too many has left Compaoré's regime in a deep hole. It intends to escape The government talks of 'national reconciliation'; its critics put it another way, saying that President Blaise Compaoré's regime wants to wipe away its bloodstained image. ...