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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Burkina opposition head Diabre chosen to run for president |
| 2020-07-26 |
| [Al Ahram] Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... 's main opposition leader Zephirin Diabre was chosen Saturday by his party as their candidate for the presidential election in November, promising "real change". Diabre came second with almost 30 percent of the vote in the 2015 presidential election, beaten by current head of state Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Kabore has put himself up for re-election after five years of jihadist insurgency in the West African nation. "I solemnly swear here and now to invest my name, my body and soul in the fight for the renaissance of Burkina Faso," said 61-year-old Diabre, after accepting the nomination. "The UPC (Union for Progress and Change) activists, at an extraordinary congress proceeded with the nomination of the candidate Zephirin Diabre for the presidential vote," said party vice-president Denis Yameogo, after the decision by 5,000 party faithful assembled in a sports hall in the capital Ouagadougou. The country is one of the world's poorest and the insurgency has seen more than 1,100 lives lost and nearly a million people forced from their homes. |
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