Burkina Faso’s interim president Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defence minister as served under former president Roch Kabore before his ouster in a military coup, an official decree showed on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Damiba was inaugurated on Wednesday as transitional president for three years, after leading a group of officers to oust Kabore in January. They said they were motivated by frustration about mounting violence by\u00a0Islamist militants.<\/p>\n
The new government of 25 ministers includes Defence Minister General Barthelemy Simpore, who has retained the position he held under Kabore, according to the decree.<\/p>\n
The appointment of economist Albert Ouedraogo as the West African nation’s transitional prime minister was announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso\u2019s military coup was the fourth in West Africa in 18 months, following two in Mali and one in Guinea, after a period of democracy that had raised hopes the region could shed its reputation as the continent\u2019s ‘coup\u00a0belt.’<\/p>\n
The new authorities will have to try to contain the violent Islamist insurgency that has overrun swathes of Burkinabe territory and drained scarce national resources.<\/p>\n
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