Burkina Faso’s latest coup leader named transition pres

3 months ago

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Capt. Ibrahim Traore officially became Burkina Faso’s transitional president Friday, two weeks after he seized power in the country’s second coup this year, but he will be ineligible to run for the office when elections are held. A national assembly that included army officers, civil society organizations, and traditional and religious leaders approved a new charter