The military officer who held power after the fall of Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, was on Wednesday named prime minister in the country's interim government.
"The president of the transition decides that ... Mr. Yacouba Isaac Zida is named prime minister," said a decree issued by interim leader Michel Kafando and read out by a top government official.
The military officer who held power after the fall of Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, was on Wednesday named prime minister in the country’s interim government.
“The president of the transition decides that … Mr. Yacouba Isaac Zida is named prime minister,” said a decree issued by interim leader Michel Kafando and read out by a top government official.