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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saye Zerbo</span> President of Upper Volta from 1980 to 1982

Saye Zerbo was a Burkinabé military officer who was the third President of the Republic of Upper Volta from 25 November 1980 until 7 November 1982.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Ki-Zerbo</span> Burkinabé historian, politician and writer

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gérard Kango Ouédraogo</span>

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The 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état took place in the Republic of Upper Volta on 7 November 1982. The coup, led by the little-known Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé and a slew of other junior officers within the military, many of them political radicals, overthrew the regime of Colonel Saye Zerbo. Zerbo had previously taken power just under two years prior to his own downfall.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lassina Zerbo</span> Former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

Lassina Zerbo 10 October 1963 is a Burkinabé politician and scientist who served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that he was the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. On 24 January 2022, Zerbo was deposed in a coup d'état.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephane Aziz Ki</span> Burkina Faso professional footballer

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Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo née Coulibaly was a Malian women's rights activist, pro-democracy activist and activist in the endogenous development of Africa. She was involved in the popular uprising of January 3, 1966 in which she led a group of women and young girls who marched on the presidency with inscription such as “water, bread and democracy for the people." She was awarded the Paul G. Hoffmann Award for outstanding work in national and international development in 1984.

Sawadogo is a Burkinabé surname and may refer to:

Alfred Simon Diban Ki-Zerbo was a Burkinabe catechist considered the "First Christian of Upper Volta". According to Monsignor Zéphyrin Toé, he will be the leader of 500,000 Christians in northwestern Africa.