Blaise Compaore's African Spring?

French newspaper le figaro165438+1October1"Is the African Spring coming?" Blaise Compaore, the dictator who ruled Burkina Faso for 27 years, was ousted. This man came to power in the 1987 coup and killed his predecessor. Compaore left Burkina Faso on 3 1, leaving behind a burning government building and a mob with an unknown number of deaths. Who will sympathize with him? The last mistake he made was that he hoped to amend the constitution again to get a new presidential term. 40% of the residents in this country live below the absolute poverty line and 60% are illiterate. This has not stopped young people in Burkina Faso from standing up and ending the corrupt system. This is reminiscent of the Arab Spring.

Its message should go beyond tiny Burkina Faso. Compaore ranks only sixth among the * * * who have been in power for the longest time on the African continent. Denis Sassou-Nguesso (30 years old), Paul Biya (32 years old), Idriss Deby Itno (24 years old) and some hereditary people such as Ali Bongo or Faure Gnassingbe are all worried about the contagion effect?

As we all know, the situation after "spring" may bring disappointment to the people. It is also clear that regimes that seem tight can be surprisingly fragile. On the African continent, Senegal and Ghana have proved that there is no such thing as fate.

Dear Bryce is a friend of France. He has helped France to participate in many difficult mediation and participated in France's anti-terrorism affairs in the Sahel. Nevertheless, Paris is well aware of keeping the necessary distance in this crisis. Hollande had previously reminded Kong Leibo to provide him with a position in a French-speaking institution and open a retreat for him. African predators who think they will never sink should learn from it.