Alpha Barry
Alpha Barry | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Moussa Nébié |
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| Born | Alpha Mamadou Barry 1 January 1970 Ouragahio, Ivory Coast |
Alpha Barry (born 1 January 1970) is a Burkinabé politician and journalist. He is the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 12 January 2016.
Biography
Barry is born on 1 January 1970 in Ivory Coast.[1] His birth name is Alpha Mamadou Barry. He has been a correspondent of RFI in Ouagadougou and collaborator of magazine Jeune Afrique.[2][3]
12 January 2016, he is appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso.
Health
During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 20 March, Barry contracted the coronavirus.[4][5]
References
- Adama Diomande (13 April 2016). "Les biens déclarés de Alpha Barry " le riche " !" (in French).
- "Burkina Faso : Alpha Barry en précurseur" (in French). 22 March 2016.
- Makaïla Nguebla (13 January 2016). "Burkina-Faso : félicitation à M.Alpha BARRY, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération et des Burkinabè de l'extérieur" (in French).
- "Four government ministers have contracted coronavirus in Burkina Faso and it's spreading rapidly". Quartz Africa. 22 March 2020.
- https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/21/world/africa/21reuters-health-coronavirus-burkina.html
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