Professor Landry Signé authors article about the fall of dictator in Burkina Faso and its meaning for Africa

When Professor Landry Signé attended the Atlantic Dialogues last month, he spoke on a panel with former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo, who said "there is no alternative to democracy for us in Africa [...] No other form of government will serve the purpose of Africa." A week later, the 27-year rule of dictator Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso abruptly ended after his attempt "to modify the Constitution and remove the presidential term limits so that he could run again in 2015."

Basing his analysis on a paper he published for the Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (available here), Professor Signé explains Compaoré's downfall and its meaning for democratic development in Burkina Faso and Africa in a recent article for The Washington Post.

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