BFASO-POLITICS

Bala Alassane Sakande (L) newly elected president of the ruling Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progres (MPP), of the current Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, is seen with former MPP president Simon Compaore at the party's second extraordinary congress, in Ouagadougou, on September 26, 2021. - At 52, the president of the Burkina Faso National Assembly since 2017 has been a long-time companion of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. He replaces Simon Compaoré, one of the founders of the party which took the reins in 2017. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images)