Military Officer Named As Interim Prime Minister For Burkina Faso

Military Officer Named Interim Prime Minister in Burkina Faso -- New York Times

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The military officer who seized power in Burkina Faso after the ouster of President Blaise Compaoré last month was named on Wednesday as prime minister in a transitional government intended to steer the country to elections within a year.

The appointment of Lt. Col. Isaac Zida, 49, a senior officer in the presidential guard, seemed to run counter to the entreaties of the United States and of other nations for the military to return to barracks and focus on what the State Department in Washington has called its “primary mission” of ensuring national security.

Colonel Zida emerged as the country’s army-backed leader after crowds burned down Parliament in late October and rampaged through the streets to protest a plan by Mr. Compaoré to change the Constitution and extend his 27-year rule.

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