Sankarist Pan-African Convention
Sankarist Pan-African Convention | |
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Founded | 2000 |
Merger of | Burkinabè Socialist Bloc Social Forces Front (Partially) |
Ideology | Sankarism Socialism Pan-Africanism |
Political position | Left-wing |
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The Sankarist Pan-African Convention (French: Convention Panafricaine Sankariste) was a political party in Burkina Faso.[1] CPS was formed in 2000, through the merger of the Burkinabè Socialist Bloc, and a fraction of the Social Forces Front.
The party is led by , former Minister of Security in the government of Thomas Sankara.[2] The party is Sankarist.
At the last legislative elections, 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 Social Forces Front to form the Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party.[3]
References[]
- ^ Gandaogo. "Convention Panafricaine Sankariste, CPS". thomassankara.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ^ "RFI - Burkina Faso - Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo : le legs de Sankara". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ^ Burkina Faso 2016 Petit Futé
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- Political parties in Burkina Faso
- Sankarist political parties in Burkina Faso
- Burkinabé political party stubs