Burkina Faso President Breaks With Past in Naming Cabinet

Burkina Faso's newly elected President Roch Marc Kabore broke with the past Wednesday by naming a cabinet packed with ministers who had not served under the previous administration. A government statement said 25 of the 30 ministries were headed by people with no track record under veteran leader Blaise Compaore, who was overthrown by a popular protest in October 2014. The appointments came less than a week after the president named little-known economist Paul Kaba Thieba as his...

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