Political chaos for Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré is
a politician and was the President of Burkina Faso from
1987 until his resignation on 31 October 2014. He was a top associate of
President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s, and in October 1987 he led a coup
d'état during which Sankara was killed; subsequently he introduced a policy of
rectification, overturning the Marxist policies pursued by Sankara.
Recently his
attempt to amend the constitution to extend his 27-year term caused the 2014
Burkinabé uprising. Not long ago Compaoré had been removed from
power; early this week Compaoré fled the country to Ivory Coast
, following mass protests against his bid to prolong his
27-year-long rule by standing in elections next year.
After several days
of chaos the military took over, but it has since come under pressure from both
the political opposition and the international community to allow a civilian
transitional body to oversee fresh elections.
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