Convergence of Hope

Convergence of Hope
Leader	Jean-Hubert Bazié
Founded	July 2004
Split from	Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement
Ideology	Sankaraism Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Transitional Legislative Assembly	1 / 71
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Convergence of Hope (in French: Convergence de l'Espoir) is a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in July 2004 by the Current of Democrats Faithful to the Ideal of Thomas Sankara that split from the Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement in 2003.

It is led by Jean-Hubert Bazié. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The Current of Democrats Faithful to the Ideal of Thomas Sankara (in French: Courant des Démocrates Fidèles à l'Idéal de Thomas Sankara) was founded in 2003 as split from the Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement. In July 2004, it was renamed Convergence of Hope. ^[3]

References

1. Bazie, Jean-Hubert (15 October 2009). "CONVERGENCE DE L'ESPOIR : Le Burkinabè est toujours un misérable parmi les misérables"". leFaso.net (in French).
2. Sama, Gabriel (6 August 2004). "Burkina Faso: 04 Août 1983-04 Août 2004 : la Convergence de l'espoir se souvient de Thomas Sankara". allAfrica (in French).
3. "UNIR/MS : Les dissidents créent un nouveau parti". leFaso.net (in French). 19 June 2004.