Burkinabè Socialist Bloc
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Burkinabé Socialist Bloc (in French
: Bloc Socialiste Burkinabé) was a Sankarist
political party
in Burkina Faso
. BSB was founded in December 1990 by Nongma Ernest Ouédraogo. Ouédraogo became the general secretary of BSB. Ouédraogo had been released from jail the previous year. He had served as Minister of Security under Sankara.
The slogan of BSB was Action et Victoire et Bloc.
In August 1995 Ouédraogo was jailed following a libel suit. He was released five months later.
In January 1996 a faction split and joined the Congress for Democracy and Progress
.
In 2000 BSB merged into the Sankarist Pan-African Convention
(CPS).
French language
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: Bloc Socialiste Burkinabé) was a Sankarist
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. BSB was founded in December 1990 by Nongma Ernest Ouédraogo. Ouédraogo became the general secretary of BSB. Ouédraogo had been released from jail the previous year. He had served as Minister of Security under Sankara.
The slogan of BSB was Action et Victoire et Bloc.
In August 1995 Ouédraogo was jailed following a libel suit. He was released five months later.
In January 1996 a faction split and joined the Congress for Democracy and Progress
Congress for Democracy and Progress
The Congress for Democracy and Progress is the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. Its President is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré....
.
In 2000 BSB merged into the Sankarist Pan-African Convention
Sankarist Pan-African Convention
The Sankarist Pan-African Convention is a political party in Burkina Faso The Sankarist Pan-African Convention is a political party in Burkina Faso The Sankarist Pan-African Convention is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta. CPS was formed in 2000, through the merger of the...
(CPS).