Sankarist Pan-African Convention

Sankarist Pan-African Convention
Founded	2000
Merger of	Burkinabè Socialist Bloc Party of United Social Democracy Social Forces Front (Partially)
Ideology	Sankarism Socialism Pan-Africanism
Political position	Left-wing
Politics of Burkina Faso Political parties Elections

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.

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" [Sankarist Pan-African Convention, CPS]. thomassankara.net (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
2. "RFI - Burkina Faso - Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo: le legs de Sankara". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
3. Burkina Faso 2016 Petit Futé