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Burkina Faso names coup leader Traore as transitional president

Burkina Faso names coup leader Traore as transitional president

BURKINA FASO'S military officials, political parties and civil society leaders officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country's transitional president, two weeks after he seized power in Burkina Faso's second coup this year. About 300 delegates are meeting over two days in the capital, Ouagadougou, to outline plans to return the West African country to constitutional rule. Burkina Faso is struggling with a violent insurgency waged by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that began in neighbouring Mali in 2012 and has spread to other countries south of the Sahara Desert. The violence has killed thousands, displaced…
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Mali PM forms new govt

Mali PM forms new govt

MALI Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned and was reinstated yesterday in a formality required before forming a new government, the office of transitional president Bah Ndaw said. Ouane was named interim prime minister in September after the overthrow of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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