Meet Safiatou Lopez, businesswoman and Burkinabé political activist

Safiatou Lopez-Fafié Zongo is a political activist and businesswoman

Safiatou Zongo was Brought into the world on 8 January, 1976, in Ouagadougou. She is daughter of Minata Ouedraogo and Mahamadi Zongo. At first, she put herself in financial matters and business; truth be told, in the wake of working for various organizations, she made her own, Afrique Development SA, in Walk 2004, of which she became Chief, in spite of being in a country where business people are seldom women. Her organization had practical experience in building, structural designing and public works.

At the point when then-President Blaise Compaoré, who had been in force for over 25 years, endeavored to alter the sacred law that restricted official terms in 2014, the nation was overflowing with contradict. Obviously, accordingly, Zongo joined the development driving the difference and aided mission; specifically, she drew in with the Affiliation pour la advancement de la démocratie et support citoyenne, which she became leader of, and was exceptionally persuasive in the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. After 2014, she proceeded with her activism.

Specifically, by partaking in the coordination of Common Society Associations and by turning out to be delegate representative accountable for drafting the sanction of progress. From the start of 2015, she started stressing over the situation of the Regiment of Official Security inside the Burkinabé outfitted forces, and battled against the bombed overthrow of September, 2015, where the regiment assumed a key part. She upheld Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in the Official Political race, and Kaboré became President in November, 2015.

Before long, she stayed mindful to upkeep of public freedoms. In June, 2018, her quality was seen among speakers of a dissent against an official action. At 21:30, 29 August, 2018, while home with her kids, she was captured by the counter psychological warfare division of the Burkinabé police power for reasons that stay concealed. The capture incited a specific public stirring.