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BURKINA FASO

Compaore stalwarts struggle to reinvent themselves

A number of businesspeople who were close to the old regime in Burkina Faso are getting short shrift under the transitional government. [...] (368 words)

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Air Burkina bolsters its fleet as the private sector beckons

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Zida still waiting forlornly on distant sidelines

Nassa and Ouedraogo vie for top employer federation job

Apollinaire Compaore back in the game

Gloves off as battle for CCI-BF top job hots up

Salif Diallo, a vice-president in Ouagadougou

Fadoul in favour with Roch Kabore

Diendere putsch winners

Zakaria Kone, Diendere’s liaison officer in Abidjan

Laurent Poda strikes fear into putschists

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Zephirin Diabre networks in Paris

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Which of his many connections is Idrissa Nassa calling on to boost business?

Roch Marc Christian Kabore in pre-campaign mode

Mamady Sanoh, the Aga Khan's rep, goes into micro-finance

Cimaf and Cimasso to face competition from Moussa Koanda?

Air Burkina bolsters its fleet as the private sector beckons

Anybody want to buy Air Burkina?

Ouedraogo makes way for new real estate kingpins

Zida still waiting forlornly on distant sidelines

Nassa and Ouedraogo vie for top employer federation job

Apollinaire Compaore back in the game

Gloves off as battle for CCI-BF top job hots up

Salif Diallo, a vice-president in Ouagadougou

Fadoul in favour with Roch Kabore

Diendere putsch winners

Zakaria Kone, Diendere’s liaison officer in Abidjan

Laurent Poda strikes fear into putschists

When pushed, Gilbert Diendere jumped

SACBA-TP hangs on to contract in Niamey

Compaore attempts to sway presidential nomination

Djibrill Bassole throws hat into presidential ring

Blaise Compaore marks time in Abidjan

Isaac Zida develops networks as interim PM

Zephirin Diabre networks in Paris

Alizeta Ouedraogo goes to France via Benin

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