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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Population: 13.6 million
GNI: $6300 million
Debt: $1900 million
Overview: This year, President Blaise Campaoré will complete his skilful transition from main foreign backer of the rebellion in Côte d'Ivoire to a leading peacemaker. At home he will subdue opposition with a mix of coercion and cash.

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  • 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

  • Vol 41 No 22
  • 10/11/2000

Losing friends

President Blaise Compaoré has been stuck in a political crisis for two years.

  • Vol 40 No 20
  • 08/10/1999

Whodunit?

One death too many has left Compaoré's regime in a deep hole. It intends to escape

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