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Burkina Faso presidential election: between proximity campaigns and safety fears

Axadle Editorial Desk
West-Africa
One other three days of campaigning in Burkina Faso forward of the primary spherical of presidential elections on Sunday, November 22. An election together with legislative elections. On the beginning line: 13 candidates, together with President Roch Kaboré, who's in search of a second time period, but additionally the opposition chief, Zéphirin Diabré, and Eddie Komboïgo, candidate for CDP for former President Compaoré, who lives in exile in Côte d'Ivoire. Over the past days of the marketing campaign, the ambiance is…

Burkina Faso: Zéphirin Diabré (UPC) intends to kind a authorities with nationwide reconciliation

Axadle Editorial Desk
West-Africa
Presidential and legislative elections shall be held this Sunday, November 22, in Burkina Faso. RFI provides the ground to every presidential candidate and welcomes cemercredil's opponent Zéphirin Diabré, 61. The chief of the UPC (Union for Progress and Change) is operating for the best workplace for the second time: he got here in second place in 2015 with 29.65% of the vote. Former Minister of Commerce from 92 to 94, then Minister of Finance till 1996 beneath Blaise Compaoré, Zéphirin Diabré proposed the formation of a…