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 main export, ...
Vol 52 No 9 | BURKINA FASO Beau Blaise loses it 29th April 2011 After his regional mediation, President Compaoré is now threatened by a national crisis of his own making Almost before Blaise Compaoré had a chance to celebrate the installation of his friend Alassane Dramane Ouattara as President of neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire, he had to deal with...
Vol 51 No 24 | BURKINA FASO Modesty Blaise 3rd December 2010 Apathy and a chronically low turn out meant that President Compaoré could have won comfortably without bothering to steal votes Of all West Africa's electoral battles, President Blaise Compaoré's fight for re-election after 23 years in power was the least in doubt. The 21 November poll saw him secu...
Vol 50 No 22 | BURKINA FASOGUINEA To catch a thief 6th November 2009 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 C...
Vol 50 No 5 | BURKINA FASO A brutal family business 6th March 2009 President Blaise Compaoré is getting ready for his re-election in November next year, two decades after the murder of Thomas Sankara Western donors think well of Burkinabè President Blaise Compaoré. On 11 February, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of the French President, made Ouagadougou her first port of call as ...
Vol 50 No 5 | BURKINA FASO Waiting in the wings 6th March 2009 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...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | BURKINA FASOGAMBIATAIWAN Diplomacy still has dollars for some 27th November 2008 Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to put an end to ‘dollar diplomacy’ has been put to the test by his counterparts in Burkina Faso and Gambia. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to put an end to ‘dollar diplomacy’ (AAC Vol 1 No 11) has been put to the test by his counterparts in Burkina Faso and Gambia. On a diplom...
Vol 46 No 24 | BURKINA FASO Five years 2nd December 2005 The election was not democratic but the President's allies go on backing him After 18 years in charge of one of the world's poorest countries, President Blaise Compaoré has won five more, with a declared 80.35 per cent of the vote. His closest rival,...
Vol 46 No 24 | BURKINA FASO Strong boss, weaker party 2nd December 2005 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 giv...
