Burkina Faso Military Leader Damiba Named President After Coup
A resident looks on his smartphone at the picture of Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
Photographer: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images
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The leader of the junta that overthrew Burkina Faso’s democratically elected government in a coup last month has been made president.
The Constitutional Council appointed Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba president of the West African nation Thursday, it said in an emailed statement. A swearing-in ceremony is planned in the coming days, it said.