Captain Ibrahim Traore Officially Appointed Burkina Faso’s President
Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso, after the country's second coup in less than nine months. Traore has been appointed as "Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces", according to Wednesday's official statement read out on national TV by spokesperson Captain Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho. On Tuesday, Traore said he will respect a democratic transition timeline agreed upon between his predecessor and the West Africa […]