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Found 12 articles.
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
To catch a thief
The choice of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré as chief mediator in Guinea's worsening crisis is curious, given that the Burkinabé leader, in league with Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, had been plotting against the previous Guinean regime un...
- Vol 50 No 5
- 06/03/2009
A brutal family business
President Blaise Compaoré is getting ready for his re-election in November next year, two decades after the murder of Thomas Sankara
- Vol 50 No 5
- 06/03/2009
Waiting in the wings
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
- Vol 46 No 24
- 02/12/2005
Five years
The election was not democratic but the President's allies go on backing him
- Vol 46 No 24
- 02/12/2005
Strong boss, weaker party
There is no challenger to President Blaise Compaoré's dominance of Burkina Faso's politics. If he chooses in 2010, he may amend Article 37 (2000) of the constitution and give himself a third presidential term. He had already served two terms by ...
- Vol 46 No 23
- 18/11/2005
Disbelief suspended
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 87.5 per cent. This time, pre-election polls gave him 67.4 per cent.
- Vol 43 No 16
- 09/08/2002
Blaise wins again
Both the President and the opposition seem to be aiming for respectability
- Vol 43 No 4
- 22/02/2002
106 Executions
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 extrajudicial executions documented since the launch of an anti-banditry campaign in...
- Vol 42 No 21
- 26/10/2001
On Blaise's trail
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 Paris and provincial France, claiming he wanted to see a satisfactory end ...
- Vol 41 No 23
- 24/11/2000
Stuck in the sand
President Blaise Compaoré has changed his government but not his problems
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