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Ouagadougou Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Saturday won his party’s backing to run for a second term, despite struggling to crush a bloody jihadist insurgency.
Simon Compaore, president of the People’s Movement for Progress (MPP), made the announcement to cheering supporters at a stadium rally in the capital Ouagadougou.
Thousands turned out in a massive show of force, filling a 5,000-capacity sports stadium in Ouagadougou and 20 giant tents outside. Kabore himself could not attend the event, because of his role, said a party executive. But in a message read out by a party spokesman, he welcomed the decision and promised to build “solidarity and development” in the country. (AFP)
Simon Compaore, president of the People’s Movement for Progress (MPP), made the announcement to cheering supporters at a stadium rally in the capital Ouagadougou.
Thousands turned out in a massive show of force, filling a 5,000-capacity sports stadium in Ouagadougou and 20 giant tents outside. Kabore himself could not attend the event, because of his role, said a party executive. But in a message read out by a party spokesman, he welcomed the decision and promised to build “solidarity and development” in the country. (AFP)
