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Article: A spirit of reconciliation: Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore's success in helping solve the Cote d'Ivoire crisis has opened a new chapter of closer relations between the two countries.(Country Report: BURKINA FASO)
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- April 1, 2008
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The Ouagadougou accords, signed by Presidents Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso and Laurent Gbagbo and Guilleume Soro of Cote d'Ivoire to end the conflict have instilled a real sense of pride among the Burkinabe public. For the simple fact is that Compaore's success in mediating a peace agreement came after the efforts of several heads of state, including South Africa's Thabo Mbeki, France's Jacques Chirac, Nigeria's Olesegun Obasanjo, Gabon's Omar Bongo, Togo's Gnassimbe Eyedema and Congo's Denis Sassou Nguesso, came to nothing. "Compaore's success in solving the crisis that besieges Cote d'Ivoire is excellent news for all Africans," says Emile Kima, the chairman of ...
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