Sankarist Pan-African Convention

The Sankarist Pan-African Convention (French: Convention Panafricaine Sankariste) was 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.

Sankarist Pan-African Convention
Founded2000
Merger ofBurkinabè Socialist Bloc
Party of United Social Democracy
Social Forces Front (Partially)
IdeologySankarism
Socialism
Pan-Africanism
Political positionLeft-wing
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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.

In March 2009 it merged with Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Mouvement and a part of the Social Forces Front to form the Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party.[3]

References
  1. Gandaogo. "Convention Panafricaine Sankariste, CPS". thomassankara.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  2. "RFI - Burkina Faso - Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo : le legs de Sankara". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. Burkina Faso 2016 Petit Futé


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