Vol 54 No 10 | BURKINA FASO Keeping up with the Compaorés 10th May 2013 The President’s control of national politics may be sure and his international backing stronger than ever but his succession strategy is risky President Blaise Compaoré must leave office by the end of 2015, when his constitutional term of office ends. Yet he and his brother François, his sister Antoinette and...
Vol 54 No 10 | BURKINA FASO Pillars of the regime 10th May 2013 President Blaise Compaoré is married to Chantal Terrasson de Fougères, a protégée of the late Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. She runs several businesses and charities.
Vol 54 No 10 | BURKINA FASO The economic underpinnings 10th May 2013 Burkina Faso is enjoying a mining boom which provides the ruling clan with wiggle room. Gold is now the leading source of export earnings, followed by the traditional...