Sankarist Pan-African Convention

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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

↑ Gandaogo. "Convention Panafricaine Sankariste, CPS". thomassankara.net (in French). Retrieved 2015-12-06.
↑ "RFI - Burkina Faso - Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo : le legs de Sankara". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

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