LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Foreign Minister · Burkina Faso

Alpha Barry

12 recorded engagements, 2011–2022: 11 visits, 1 video conference and 1 signed agreement.

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12Engagements
11Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
1Signed agreements
6Destination countries
3Multilateral summits
2011–2022Years in LEAD

Biography

Burkinabé politician and journalist

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. His birth name is Alpha Mamahuevo Barry. He has been a correspondent of RFI in Ouagadougou and collaborator of magazine Jeune Afrique.

12 January 2016, he was 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."

== Health ==

During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 20 March, Barry contracted the coronavirus.

== References ==

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Where they travelled

Burkina Faso   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America7
  • Gambia1
  • Russia1
  • Japan1
  • China1
  • Saudi Arabia1

Discussion topics

  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs8
  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations7
  • Peace and Security4
  • Trade and Economic Relations3
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism2
  • Human Rights and Governance1
  • Security and Defense1
  • Education and Culture1

Activity by year

2011: 1 engagement2012: 0 engagements2013: 0 engagements2014: 0 engagements2015: 0 engagements2016: 2 engagements2017: 2 engagements2018: 1 engagement2019: 3 engagements2020: 1 engagement2021: 1 engagement2022: 1 engagement2011201520202022

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2019-10-21JapanMemorandum of Understanding

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2011-11-22VisitGambia · Banjul
2016-04-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2016-06-10VisitUnited States of America · New York
2017-02-20VisitRussia · Moscow
2017-10-30VisitUnited States of America · New York
2018-09-29Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2019-05-16VisitUnited States of America · New York
2019-10-21 – 2019-10-22VisitJapan · TokyoAgreement signedMemorandum of Understanding
2019-11-20VisitUnited States of America · New York
2020-10-26Video conference SummitUnited States of America · New York
2021-12-06VisitChina · Beijing
2022-09-08VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Alpha Barry leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/alpha-barry.html]