Djibril Bassolé

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.

[2][3] Prior to taking up the post, he made a preparatory visit to Sudan on July 20, meeting with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

During this visit, he said that he faced a difficult task in mediating between the Sudanese government and the Darfur rebels, but that it was "not mission impossible".

[5] Bassolé took up his post as Chief Mediator on August 1, 2008,[6] and was replaced as Burkinabé Foreign Minister in the government appointed on September 3, 2008.

On 9 May 2013, he passed out and collapsed while participating in a news conference in Ankara alongside Ahmet Davutoğlu, the Foreign Minister of Turkey.