Burkina Faso on the boil (and, no BBC, Blaise Compaore is not a ‘peacemaker’) » AFRICA IS A COUNTRY

#Compaore a ‘peacemaker’ ? "Compaoré doesn’t make peace; he cuts deals. And many of them are very shady"
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#Burkina_Faso on the boil (and, no BBC, #Blaise_Compaore is not a ‘peacemaker’)
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Ça chauffe au Burkina, just like we knew it would. News came this morning that the National Assembly and the headquarters of the ruling party have gone up in flames, but it’s not a great surprise. A political crisis has been looming ever since it became apparent that President Blaise Compaoré (that’s him and his […]

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