Burkina
Faso is a fascinating country in the Sahel. Its people are very dynamic. Many citizens,
particularly the urban youth, are very well educated. But like many countries
in its part of the world, unemployment and lack of economic opportunities is a
major feature. Young people go to school and from there go the streets, trying
to scrap a living out of very little things.
The
President and the elite have become very disconnected from the men and women on
the streets. They live in relatively opulence and like to show it. Power has
corrupted the leaders, starting with the President and his closer supporters.
The President himself, a man who came to power after the assassination of his
close friend Thomas Sankara, 27 years ago, - and some have always claimed that
he is the one who killed Sankara, an idealist that was trying to change the
country into a better place – is a very rich man. He believes he cannot leave
the seat of power. He is afraid of investigations on his past actions,
including the events of 27 years ago.
He
tried to change the Constitution to remain President for the foreseeable future.
His friends and also his adversaries told him that was a very serious mistake.
People would not accept it.
Tonight,
hiding somewhere, he might be thinking that the advice given to him was in the
end the right one. But it is now too late for him, I believe.
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