Burkina Faso: Career Diplomat to Guide the Country Back to Democratic Rule

18 November 2014

Michel Kafando has been sworn in as interim president of Burkina Faso. He is to oversee the return to democratic rule after President Blaise Compaore was deposed in a popular uprising.

Michel Kafando has the daunting task of leading his country out of its worst crisis in recent history. A transition committee of representatives from the army, traditional and religious groups, civil society and Burkina Faso's political parties agreed on the nomination of the career diplomat in the early hours of Monday morning (17.11.2014).

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