Alpha Barry

Alpha Barry
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 January 2016 – 8 December 2021
Preceded by	Moussa Nébié
Succeeded by	Rosine Sori-Coulibaly
Personal details
Born	Alpha Mamadou Barry (1970-01-01) 1 January 1970 (age 54) Ouragahio,^[citation needed] Ivory Coast

Alpha Barry (born 1 January 1970) is a Burkinabé politician and journalist. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.

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.

Barry owns the Omega media group which was suspended on 12 August, 2023, by the government of Burkina Faso for airing an "insulting" interview with Nigerian anti-junta spokesmen Ousmane Abdoul Moumouni. The interviewer criticized the Junta and talked about restoring President Bazoum to power. The government stated that the interview was "clearly campaigning for violence and war against the sovereign people of Niger."^[4]

Health

During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 20 March, Barry contracted the coronavirus.^[5][6]

References

1. Adama Diomande (13 April 2016). "Les biens déclarés de Alpha Barry " le riche " !" (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-04-11.
2. "Burkina Faso : Alpha Barry en précurseur" (in French). 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25.
3. 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). Archived from the original on 2016-03-19.
4. "Burkina Faso Junta Suspends Radio Station Over Niger Criticism". Voice of America. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
5. "Four government ministers have contracted coronavirus in Burkina Faso and it's spreading rapidly". Quartz Africa. 22 March 2020.
6. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/21/world/africa/21reuters-health-coronavirus-burkina.html ^{[dead link‍]}