Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Most opponents of Guinea's military government are rejecting a power-sharing plan put forward by the regional mediator, Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Guinea's ruling junta presented proposals for the creation of a transitional government that would keep junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in place. The proposals were passed to Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore who is mediating in talks with the country's opposition in Ouagadougou, after forces loyal to the junta on September 28 massacred more than 150 people. The killings took place at...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A coalition of Guinean opposition leaders has presented President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso a set of proposals they believe will end the political crisis precipitated by a military takeover in Guinea last December, reports Sidwaya from Ouagadougou.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore held a meeting on Friday in the capital Ouagadougou with a delegation sent by the Guinean military junta leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, on ways to end the West African country's political crisis. The delegation conveyed Camara's message to Compaore, the mediator named by the 16-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The visit came when the heads...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Ibrahim Gambari has openly criticized Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua for not attending the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Wednesday, October 07, 2009 How Yar'Adua's absence threatens Nigeria's bid for UN Security Council seat, by Gambari President sends Compaore to Guinea over crisis From Martins Oloja...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
In the wake of the massacre in Conakry, the European Union has thrown its weight behind Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore as Guinea mediator.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore visits Guinea on Monday on a post-bloodshed mediation, according to the presidential press service. Compaore was named the facilitator in the Guinea crisis by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) following the Sept. 28 clash, in which security forces opened fire at thousands of protestors in the capital Conakry, causing heavy casualties. Compaore...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Today, President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, who has been tasked by his peers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to mediate in the social and political upheaval in Guinea, is expected in Conakry.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Sequel to the request of the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) during its last meeting held last month in New York where it reviewed the situation in Guinea as well as Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of Nigeria, has appointed President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has been given the job of 'facilitator' by the Economic Community of West African States to help ease tensions in Guinea after junta troops killed opposition demonstrators earlier in the week.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Related: The more things change, the more they stay the same The Bongo beat goes on Should we indemnify Africa's Tyrants? I had to invent a new word. I have been unable to locate the plural description for a group of dictators, so if anyone out there knows, please inform me, but I think Nefarium does the job quite nicely. (and if I missed any names, please add them) Africa is bristling with dictators....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/15/2009
The shadow over Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré is that Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor may, during his trial at the Sierra Leone Special Court, sitting in the Hague, produce some embarrassing revelations about their cooperation (AC passim).
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 02/04/2009
Dear King Albert, it is with great joy and height that...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Military incursions into power on the African continent once thought to be a receding aberration is now assuming renewed vigour and frequency much like it did after the 1963 coup that overthrew Sylvanus Olympio's government in Togo and then spread across many countries.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
A look at long-serving sub-Saharan African leaders:
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