The Sankarist Pan-African Convention () was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. CPS was formed in 2000, through the merger of the

Burkinabè Socialist Bloc Burkinabè Fulfulde: ''Burkinabè'') may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa * A person from Burkina Faso, or of Burkinabe descent. For information about the Burkinabè people, see: ** Demographics of ...

Party of United Social Democracy A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

and a fraction of the

Social Forces Front The Social Forces Front (french: Front des Forces Sociales, FFS) is a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. FFS candidate Norbert Tiendrébéogo ran in the 13 November 2005 presidential election A presidential election is the election ...

. The party is led by

Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

, former Minister of Security in the government of

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist–Leninist revolutionary, and Pan-Africanist, who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his deposition a ...

. The party is Sankarist. At the last

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, 5 May 2002, the party won 2.6% of the popular vote and 3 out of 111 seats. In March 2009 it merged with ''Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Mouvement'' and a part of the

to form the

Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party The Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (french: Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste, UNIR / PS) is a political party in Burkina Faso. History The party was founded on November 1, 2000. Its president is Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara. ...

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