Djibrill Bassolé

Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (born November 30, 1957) is a Burkinabé politician and diplomat. He served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Security from 2000 to 2007 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation from 2007 to 2008. Bassolé was the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator for Darfur from 2008 to 2011, and the Burkinabé Minister of Foreign Affairs for a second time from 2011 to 2014.

== Career ==

Bassolé was born in Nouna and joined the military, rising through the ranks. He was a member of the international committee for the monitoring of elections in Togo from 1993 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1995 a member of the mediation committee working towards the resolution of the 1990–1995 Tuareg rebellion in Niger.

From January 11, 1999, to January 12, 2000, he served as Burkina Faso's as Deputy Minister for Security. On November 12, 2000, he was promoted to the post of Minister of Security, serving in that position until he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation in the government of Prime Minister Tertius Zongo on June 10, 2007; he replaced Youssouf Ouédraogo as Foreign Minister.

On June 30, 2008, Bassolé was appointed...