Alpha Barry (born 1 January 1970) is a
Burkinabé politician and journalist. He served as the
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
from 2016 to 2021.
Biography
Barry is born on 1 January 1970 in
Ivory Coast
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. His birth name is Alpha Mamadou Barry. He has been a correspondent of
RFI in
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...
and collaborator of magazine ''
Jeune Afrique
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''.
12 January 2016, he is appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso.
Health
During the
2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 20 March, Barry contracted the
coronavirus
Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the com ...
.
[https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/21/world/africa/21reuters-health-coronavirus-burkina.html ]
References
1970 births
Living people
Foreign ministers of Burkina Faso
21st-century Burkinabé people
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