People of West African nation
have new hope after government is overthrown
Mennonite leaders in Burkina Faso are thanking
God that peace returned quickly after violence led the West African nation’s
president to resign.
On Oct. 30, protestors marched on the presidential palace and
burned the parliament building. Their display of outrage blocked a vote to
amend the constitution that would have allowed President Blaise Compaoré to
extend his 27-year term of office.
On Oct. 31, Compaoré resigned. Michel Kafando, formerly a
foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations, was chosen by a panel of
religious, military, political, civil and traditional leaders to serve as
interim president. He will lead the country through a transition to democratic
elections.
When the violence broke out, Mennonite Mission Network personnel
and partners in Burkina Faso asked Mennonites in North America to pray that God
would intervene.
Siaka Traoré, president of the Evangelical Mennonite Church of
Burkina Faso, wrote in an Oct. 30 email: “Our country is tottering on the brink
of disaster, but Eternal God is a refuge for his children.”
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