*Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore's party backed him Saturday to run for re-election 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.
The decision, which came after several hours of closed-door discussions among party delegates, came as little surprise, as he was his party's only candidate to run.
Kabore h…
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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.
The decision, which came after several hours of closed-door discussions among party delegates, came as little surprise, as he was his party's only candidate to run.
Kabore h…
http://www.africanews.com/2020/07/11/burkina-faso-ruling-party-endorses-president-for-re-election
Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans.
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