Convergence of Hope is 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...

. It was founded in July 2004 by the Current of Democrats Faitfuhl to the Ideal of Thomas Sankara that split from the Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement in 2003.

It is led by Jean-Hubert Bazié.

History

The Current of Democrats Faithful to the Ideal of Thomas Sankara (in French

French language

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: Courant des Démocrates Fidèles à l'Idéal de Thomas Sankara)was founded in 2003 as split from the Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement. In July 2004 it was renamed Convergence of Hope.