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2015 Burkinabè General Election
General elections were held in Burkina Faso on 29 November 2015. They were the first national elections in the country since the 2014 Burkinabé uprising and the departure of President Blaise Compaoré, who had ruled Burkina Faso for 27 years. Compaoré's party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress, was banned from presenting a presidential candidate in the presidential elections but was still able to participate in the parliamentary election. The presidential election was won by Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of the People's Movement for Progress, who received 53% of the vote in the first round, avoiding the need for a second round. Kaboré took office on 29 December, becoming only the second civilian president since the country gained independence from France in 1960 and the first civilian to hold the post in 49 years. Background 2014 uprising Following an amendment in 2000, the constitution limits presidents to two terms of five years. However, the restrictions were not appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2002 to 2012. Kaboré was also president of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) until his departure from the party in 2014. He founded the People's Movement for Progress party that same year. Kaboré was elected president in the November 2015 general election, winning a majority in the first round of voting. Upon taking office, he became the first non-interim president in 49 years without any past ties to the military. Kaboré worked as a banker prior to his political career. On 24 January 2022, during a coup d'état, Kaboré was deposed and detained by the military. After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament, government and constitution had been diss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoré Traoré
General Honoré Nabéré Traoré (born 28 September 1957)« Honoré Traoré, chef d’Etat: des manifestants réclament le général Kouamé Lougué » , fasozine.com, 31 octobre 2014 is a Burkinabé who served as the interim head of state of for one day, from 31 October to 1 November 2014, following the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch Marc Christian Kabore
Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327), also called Rock in English, was a Kingdom of Majorca, Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the Black Death, plague. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506. It is also the name of a football club, St Roch's in Glasgow. He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo, Veneto, Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy). He is also the patron saint of the towns of Arboleas and Albanchez, in Almería, Almería, southern Spain, and Deba, Gipuzkoa, Deba, in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country. Saint Roch is known as "São Roqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yacouba Ouedraogo
Dan is a Southern Mande language spoken primarily in Ivory Coast (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,000–200,000 speakers). There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language, with 9 to 11 contour and register tones, depending on the dialect. Alternative names for the language include Yacouba or Yakubasa, Gio, Gyo, Gio-Dan, and Da. Dialects are Gio (Liberian Dan), Gweetaawu (Eastern Dan), Blowo (Western Dan), and Kla. Kla is evidently a distinct language. Phonology A sillable is minimally /V/ or /ŋ/, and maximally /ClVV/ or /ClVŋ/. Vowels Color coding: Consonants Not in Liberian Dan * all consonants are nasalized in nasal feet * occurs only as a syllable or a syllable coda and has been treated as a vowel. it carries tone. * is heard as when preceded by alveolar or palatal consonants. * Consonant combinations are heard as lateral fricative sounds . Tones Dan has five level tones and three less-common contou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizenship, citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". Hence, civil disobedience is sometimes equated with peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance. Henry David Thoreau's essay ''Resistance to Civil Government'', first published in 1849 and then published posthumously in 1866 as ''Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), Civil Disobedience'', popularized the term in the US, although the concept itself was practiced long before this work. Various forms of civil disobedience have been used by prominent activists, such as Women's suffrage in the United States, American women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony in the late 19th century, Egyptian nationalist Saad Zaghloul during the 1910s, and Indian nationalist Mahatma Gandhi in 1920s British Raj, British India as part of his leadership of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECOWAS Court Of Justice
The ECOWAS Court of Justice is an organ of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional integration community of 15 member states in Western Africa. It was created pursuant to the provisions of Articles 6 and 15 of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Constituting documents Although ECOWAS was founded in 1975 by the Treaty of Lagos The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created by the Treaty of Lagos on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. ECOWAS was established to promote cooperation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary uni ... (ECOWAS Treaty), the Court of Justice was not created until the adoption of the Protocol on the Community Court of Justice in 1991. Additionally, the ECOWAS Revised Treaty of 1993 established the Court of Justice was an institution of ECOWAS. The Protocol was amended twice; once in 2005, and once in 2006. Notably, the 2005 Supplementary Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance For Democracy And Federation – African Democratic Rally
The Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally () is a liberal political alliance in Burkina Faso, consisting of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation and the former ruling party African Democratic Rally. Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo has been the President of the ADF-RDA since 29 June 2003;"Histoire de l'ADF-RDA" ADF-RDA website . he served in President 's cabinet as Minister of Transport. His father, former Prime Minister Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, was designated as Honorary President for Life of the ADF-RDA in May 1998. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo
Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo (born 25 December 1968) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé politician who has been President of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally (ADF-RDA),Page at petiteacademie.gov.bf . a political party in Burkina Faso, since 2003. He served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Social Action and National Solidarity from 2000 to 2002 and as Minister of Transport from 2006 to 2013. He was the Fourth Vice-President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2014. Life and career Ouédraogo, whose father was Gérard Kango Ouedraogo, was born in Ouagadougou and is a lawyer by profession. After standing unsuccessfully in the 1992 Burkinabé parliamen ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Alliance Of Faso
The New Alliance of Faso (, NAFA) is a social democratic political party in Burkina Faso. History NAFA was established on 31 January 2015, with many of its members having previously been part of the Congress for Democracy and Progress or the ADF–RDA. In the 2015 general elections it received 4% of the vote, winning two of the 127 seats in the National Assembly, one by proportional representation (taken by Zilma Bacye) and one in the constituency vote ( Anicet Bazie in Sanguié Province Sanguié is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Ouest Region. In 2019 the population was 391,520. Its capital is Réo. Lyele is a major first language in this province. Education In 2011 the province had 218 primary s ...). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibril Bassolé
Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (born November 30, 1957.) is a Burkinabé politician and diplomat. He served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Security from 2000 to 2007 and as Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation from 2007 to 2008. Bassolé was the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator for War in Darfur, Darfur from 2008 to 2011, and the Burkinabé Minister of Foreign Affairs for a second time from 2011 to 2014. Career Bassolé was born in Nouna and joined the military, rising through the ranks."Djibrill Bassolé" ''Jeune Afrique'', August 3, 2008 . He was a member of the international committee for the monitoring of elections in Togo from 1993 to 1994, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Komboïgo
Eddie Komboïgo is a Burkinabe accountant and politician who has been the leader of the Congress for Democracy and Progress since 2015, and was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in the 2020 election. He was a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso before the 2014 uprising. He was arrested for possible involvement in the 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt, but was not convicted. Career Komboïgo is the head of Komboïgo et Associés, an accounting firm. His house was raided during the 2014 Burkina Faso uprising. Komboïgo was a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso prior to the uprisings. The Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) appointed Komboïgo as its leader on 10 May 2015. The CDP was the ruling party of Burkina Faso before Blaise Compaoré was overthrown. He was an ally of Gilbert Diendéré. A few days before the 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt Komboïgo left Burkina Faso. He was arrested on 23 January 2016, on allegations of being involved in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union For Rebirth / Sankarist Movement
The Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (, UNIR / PS) was a political party in Burkina Faso. History The party was founded on November 1, 2000. Its president is lawyer Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, who bears no family relationship to the late President Thomas Sankara. The name "Sankarist" party appears to be a reference to both President Sankara and the party's leader. The party subscribed to Sankarism. At the legislative elections on 5 May 2002, the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and three out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara took second place with 4.88% of the popular vote. At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won four seats. Political scientist states that the UNIR/PS was among the opposition parties that participated in the 2014 uprising that ousted Blaise Compaoré, but that it "did not play a major role". The UNIR/PS went on to support the government of Roch Marc Christian Kabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
