Burkina Faso military regime appoints new prime minister

‘He will be responsible, for constituting a government for the continuity of government action, the handling of current affairs,’ says official

By Oumar Sankare

BAMAKO, Mali (AA) - Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo was appointed prime minister of Burkina Faso on Saturday.

Ouedraogo succeeds Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who was dismissed Friday by President Capt. Ibrahim Traore in a presidential decree.

Matias Traore, general secretary of the government and Cabinet, who delivered the decree, said, “He will be responsible, in the days to come, for constituting a government for the continuity of government action, the handling of current affairs of which has been entrusted to the members of the dissolved government.”

Ouedraogo, a journalist and news host, previously served as minister of state in charge of communications.

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