Amid voter apathy, Burkina Faso enters last week of presidential election campaign, VOA News (2010)
This article reports on the last week of campaigning in Burkina Faso. On Sunday, the 3.2 million eligible voters will cast their ballots to elect a new president, and President Blaise Compaoré is one of the front-runners. Compaoré seized power in a coup d'état in 1987, and won the 2005 elections with an overwhelming majority of the votes (80%). In the race, the incumbent President faces five opposition candidates, and Bénéwendé Sankara is his closest opponent (in 2005 he received 5% of the votes).
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