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Burkina Faso military names interim prime minister

A successful coup in Burkina Faso on January 24 resulted in the overthrow of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore [File: Vincent Bado/Reuters]

Burkina Faso’s military government has appointed an interim prime minister, according to a statement from its transitional president, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

In a statement on Thursday, the military government named Albert Ouedraogo, a development economist and university professor, as prime minister.

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