Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Burkina Faso to Inaugurate New Interim President

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Burkina Faso’s former foreign minister Michel Kafando will be sworn in as president Tuesday, a day after he was unanimously chosen by an electoral college of representatives from political parties, the military, civil society and religious leaders. Issaka Traore, a spokesman for the civil society groups, said they cast their votes for Kafando because of his experience as a diplomat and as someone who can manage the affairs of state. “First of all, the reason he was accepted over...

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