Blaise Compaoré

Most ascribe his sudden interest in Guinean politics to the fact that he needs a new home now that his friend Blaise Compaoré has fallen from power...

Just over six months ago Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré fell from power when popular fury defeated his attempt to get the National Assembly to endorse his bid for another term (AC Vol 55 No 22 The warning from Ouagadougou)...

The National Transition Council has excluded from October's polls anyone involved in last year's efforts to change the constitution to enable the then President Blaise Compaoré to stand for a third term...

The mass movement that toppled President Blaise Compaoré last October is at increasing odds with the Régiment de sécurité présidentielle (RSP AC Vol 55 No 22 The warning from Ouagadougou)...

Yet they also seem concerned about the popular overthrow of President Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso...

In early November he used his emergency powers to imprison for sedition journalist David Tam Baryoh whose radio show had mentioned the third-term issue and the fate of Burkina Faso's ex-President Blaise Compaoré as well as criticising the government's handling of Ebola (AC Vol 55 No 22 Stepping up the fight against Ebola)...

Dismantling the political and economic system built around ex-President Blaise Compaoré is political military and economic...

The second was that he did not rule out demanding the extradition of deposed President Blaise Compaoré from his Moroccan sanctuary to stand trial for killing Sankara or Captain Henri Zongo and Commandant Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani...

Searching for a way to sum up ousted the 27-year rule of Burkinabè ex-President Blaise Compaoré as the opposition gathered on the streets in Ouagadougou last week a French political analyst settled for 'un pompier pyromane' a firefighter who is also an arsonist...

Baryoh reminded listeners of the fate of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso when he tried to do the same...