Blaise Compaoré

His trial will touch on politicians and businessmen who facilitated arms shipments via Burkina Faso with (according to UNSC reports in 2000) the cooperation of incumbent President Blaise Compaoré (AC Vol 46 No 24)...

After 18 years in charge of one of the world's poorest countries President Blaise Compaoré has won five more with a declared 80...

There is no challenger to President Blaise Compaoré's dominance of Burkina Faso's politics...

The big question about the presidential election on 13 November was the size of victory that incumbent Blaise Compaoré 54 would choose to declare...

Gbagbo's foes have wide backing: rebels in western Côte d'Ivoire have been armed and helped by mercenaries loyal to Liberia's Charles Taylor and the northern Ivorian rebels the Forces Nouvelles were armed by Taylor's ally Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré...

Although they differ on details recent reports on arms trafficking and mercenary recruitment indicate that some fighters formerly under the control of Taylor and his ally Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré still roam the region un-demobilised despite United Nations' efforts in Liberia...

Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré shares a place in the diamonds-and-arms trade with the Gnassingbés (as well as immunity in Paris)...

Ivorian government officials now accuse both Taylor and Burkinabè President Blaise Compaoré of supporting Ivorian rebel groups...

His services are likely to be in more demand in the next few weeks: he was in the Togolese delegation that went on 27 February to Ouagadougou to visit Burkina Faso's President 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...