Sankarist Pan-African Convention

Sankarist Pan-African Convention
Founded 2000
Merger of Burkinabè Socialist Bloc
Party of United Social Democracy
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) is a political party in Burkina Faso.[1] CPS was formed in 2000, through the merger of the Burkinabè Socialist Bloc, Party of United Social Democracy and a fraction of the Social Forces Front.

The party is led by Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo, 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.

References

  1. Gandaogo. "Convention Panafricaine Sankariste, CPS". thomassankara.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  2. "RFI - Burkina Faso - Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo : le legs de Sankara". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
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