Burkina Faso: Interim Govt Suspends Former Ruling Party

17 December 2014
allAfrica.com
By Boakai Fofana

Burkina Faso's interim government has announced the suspension of the country's former ruling party, according to Reuters.

The new Interior Minister, Auguste Denise Barry, is quoted as saying that the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) was suspended for "activities incompatible with the law". The Reuters reports that two other political groups accused of supporting the CDP attempt to cling on to power also suffered similar fate.

CDP was founded in 1996 through a merger of various groups sympathetic to former president Blaise Campaore.

Compaore's 27-year rule ended in late October 2014 after being ousted in a popular revolt following his plan to change the constitution in order to allow him to run for office again.

A commander of the elite presidential guard, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, declared himself head of state following the former leader's ouster.

Zida then handed power over to a civilian-led interim government headed by Michel Kafando, who is a former foreign minister of the landlocked West African country.

Kafando is expected to take the country to elections late in 2015.

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