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Burkina Faso's Political Reformation and Pathway to Stability

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By: Shemusad The political reform in Burkina Faso first derived from the country current constitution that was adopted in 1991 under the leadership of Blaise Compaore, who came to power after overthrowing Thomas Sankara in 1987. The constitution was amended a number of times mainly to promote and protect the personal interests of the ruling elites and/or of the ruling party. Notably, a 2002 amendment to article 37 of the constitution introduced a two-term limit on the presidency. Despite serving as president for more than a decade preceding the amendments, Compaore was able to run for the presidency in 2005 and 2010 on the ground that the amendments only applied prospectively. An initiative to abolish the term limits to allow Compaore to extend his 27-year rule triggered popular uprisings that ended in his removal from power in October 2014. A transitional government was subsequently established with the mandate to organize elections. The transition ended with the election of a new pr...
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Burkina Faso Crisis Continues to Spiral Impacts on National and International Security!

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By: Shemusad Media Students University of Makeni In 2015, Burkina Faso the West African Sahel country was caught up in an escalating wave of violence that led to the uprising of rebel fighters allies to both al-Qaeda and the ISIL (ISIS) group, killing thousands of people and further displacing two million. Burkina Faso On 24 January 2022, Damiba led a coup deposing and detaining President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and Prime Minister Lassina Zerbo. While people were celebrating the coup in Ouagadougou, some supporters carried Russian flags, as a sign of their call to receive help from Russia in their fight against Islamist terrorism. The army leader Damiba on the country's  state broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision  du Burkina maintained the Military's stance  of deposition as a result of Kabore's  administration's failure to unite the country  the deteriorating security situation as reasons  for ousting the civilian government. After several months, he ...
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