Burkina Faso’s military officials, political parties and civil society leaders on Friday officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country’s transitional president, according to Reuters.
This comes two weeks after Captain Traore seized power in Burkina Faso’s second coup this year.
Burkina Faso new President Ibrahim Traore entered the capital of Ouagadougou after a successful coup , he was welcomed by hundreds of his supporters who were waving Russian flags and chanting “We don’t want France here.”