Free article preview  

François Compaoré, the President's brother, and a lawyer named Sankara (but no relation) are just some of the applicants queuing for the top job

P>After President Blaise Compaoré and Prime Minister Tertius Zongo, Burkina Faso's most senior politician is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, National Assembly Speaker and Chairman of the National Executive of the ruling Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès. In early February, he called for party unity while denying what everyone in Ouagadougou knows - that the CDP is at odds with the Fédération Associative pour la Paix et le Progrès avec Blaise Compaoré, led by the President's younger brother, François Compaoré who is, like Kaboré, in his 50s....

(This article contains approximately 536 words)

end of preview

Subscribers: log in now to read the complete article.

Account Holders: log in now and use your Account Credit to buy this article. No Credit? Top up your Account now.

If you have misplaced your password, click here for a reminder.

Not a subscriber? Then you can read this article in full by becoming a subscriber now, opening an Account and topping up and using your Account Credit, or you can buy this individual article.

  • 1. Subscribe:
  • 2. Use my account:
  • 3. Buy this article:
  • Prices from £822.00
    (including VAT)

    Take out an annual subscription and get access to our archive of more than 14 years of articles from Africa Confidential.





  • 5 articles £60.00
    10 articles £102.00
    20 articles £180.00
    (prices includes VAT)

    Account-holders log in above. If you don’t have an account yet, it only takes a minute to open one.

    Top up and use your Account Credit to read this article.

  • UK & European Union
    £20.40
    (including VAT)
    Rest of the world
    $32.40

  • If you have a print subscription already, click here for a password that gives you full access to the website.
  • If you are logged in, but still cannot access the full text of this article, email customer services or telephone us on +44(0)1638 743633.

Keywords:

Blaise Compaoré, Tertius Zongo, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, François Compaoré, Oumarou Kanazoé, Salif Diallo, Simon, Gilbert Diendéré, Thomas Sankara, Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, Hermann Yaméogo, Maurice Yaméogo, Emile Paré, Zéphirin Diabré, Anne Lauvergeon, Alain Juppé, Michel Rocard, Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, Fédération Associative pour la Paix et le Progrès avec Blaise Compaoré, Mogho Naba, le Petit Président, Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement Sankariste, Alternance, Démocratie, Justice, Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement, Mouvement pour le Peuple et le Socialisme-Parti Fédéral, Institut Afrique Moderne