Blaise Compaoré

These measures have boosted a military that never fully recovered from divisive management under former President Blaise Compaoré (1987-2014) who concentrated resources in the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) while neglecting the rest of the armed forces...

Democratic woesThe suspension of political parties decided since the first military coup in January 2022 is not unpopular given the record of the traditional political class which carries the burden of historic corruption embezzlement and mismanagement under the regimes of Blaise Compaoré and Kaboré...

The current book he says fulfils his promise to the man who used to call him ‘fiston' (‘son') though it also details the contributions presidents Laurent Gbagbo Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Blaise Compaoré also made to the Elysée...

Balai Citoyen rose to prominence in 2014 when it played a lead role in the popular uprising that removed long-reigning autocrat Blaise Compaoré from power (AC Vol 55 No 22 The warning from Ouagadougou)...

Other symbols of Traoré's more determined approach include his move out of the opulent Kosyam presidential palace built by Sankara's killer and long-time president Blaise Compaoré in the Ouaga2000 luxury suburb and into the more utilitarian office of the prime minister in the middle of town...

Army faultlines go back to the 1980s when factions supporting Sankara found themselves battling followers of the man who replaced him Blaise Compaoré...

This was the time of the popular uprising that removed Blaise Compaoré...

The Ouagadougou regime's more conciliatory approach was also reflected in reconciliation talks last week that brought together former heads of state including Blaise Compaoré – allowed to come and go freely despite his recent conviction for involvement in the 1987 murder of Thomas Sankara...

Looking frail and disoriented Blaise Compaoré returned to Ouagadougou on 7 July for the first time since a popular revolt eight years ago swept him out of power and into exile in Côte d'Ivoire where he has been based ever since...

Those skills were on display on 8 April when a court in Ouagadougou convicted former military ruler Blaise Compaoré in absentia for his role in the 1987 assassination of the revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara (AC Vol 62 No 10 Sankara's ghost)...

It also houses the military prison which holds Gen Gilbert Diendéré the former right-hand man of ousted President Blaise Compaoré who was convicted of leading a coup attempt in 2015 (AC Vol 60 No 18 Putschists put away)...