Safiatou Lopez
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Safiatou Lopez-Fafié Zongo (born 8 January 1976, in Ouagadougou) is a businesswoman and Burkinabé political activist.
Biography
[edit]Born Safiatou Zongo, 8 January 1976, in Ouagadougou, she is the daughter of Mahamadi Zongo and Minata Ouedraogo.[1] Initially, she invested herself in economics and business; in fact, after working for a number of companies, she made her own, Afrique Construction SA, in March 2004, of which she became CEO, despite being in a country where entrepreneurs are rarely women.[2] Her company specialised in building, civil engineering and public works.[3][4]
When then-President Blaise Compaoré, who had been in power for more than 25 years, attempted to modify the constitutional law that limited presidential terms in 2014, the country was rife with dissent. Unsurprisingly, therefore, Zongo joined the movement leading the dissent and helped campaign; in particular, she engaged with the Association pour la promotion de la démocratie et participation citoyenne (Association for the Promotion of Democracy and Citizen Participation), which she became president of, and was highly influential in the 2014 Burkinabé uprising.[5][6][7] After 2014, she continued her activism. Namely, by participating in the coordination of Civil Society Organisations and by becoming deputy spokesperson in charge of drafting the charter of transition. From the beginning of 2015, she began worrying about the position of the Regiment of Presidential Security within the Burkinabé armed forces,[8] and fought against the failed coup d'état of September, 2015,[5][7] where the regiment played a key role. She supported Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in the presidential election, and Kaboré became president in November, 2015.[5]
In the following years, she remained attentive to maintenance of public liberties. In June, 2018, her presence was noticed among speakers of a protest against a presidential action.[9] At 21:30, 29 August 2018, while home with her children, she was arrested by the anti-terrorism department of the Burkinabé police force for reasons that remain unrevealed. The arrest provoked a certain public stirring.[5][7][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Affaire Lopez : á Monsieur le Premier Président de la Cour d'Appel de Ouagadougou". Netafrique.net (in French). 8 Dec 2016.
- ^ "L’Afrique sub-saharienne. Pauvreté, éducation, santé : progrès et retards", Documentation photographique, no 8121, Jan-Feb 2018, p. 36-37
- ^ adminfaso (2015-06-01). "Chambre de commerce Safiatou Lopez Zongo frappe à la porte". Journal L'Economiste du Faso (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Afrique Construction SA - Burkinapmepmi.com - le portail des PME / PMI au Burkina Faso - 1er quotidien en ligne d'informations économiques et de l'entreprise". burkinapmepmi.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ a b c d "Safiatou Lopez, figure de la révolution burkinabée, brutalement arrêtée à Ouagadougou" (in French). 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Burkina : le doute s'installe autour des intentions de l'armée". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ a b c "Safiatou Lopez, figure de la révolution burkinabée, brutalement arrêtée à Ouagadougou". www.lemonde.fr (in French). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Safiatou Lopez/ Zongo : " Ce serait bien que le RSP et la société civile se rencontrent " - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Meeting de protestation de l'ADP: Safiatou Lopez donne un carton rouge au pouvoir". Netafrique.net (in French). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Burkina Faso: Safiatou Lopez suspectée de complot - RFI". RFI Afrique (in French). September 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Boureima (2018-08-31). "Burkina: l'arrestation de Safiatou Lopez qualifiée de "film mal inspiré" (internautes)". Wakat Séra (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
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