Burkina Faso’s interim President Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defence minister as served under former president Roch Kabore before his ouster in a military coup, an official decree showed on Saturday. Damiba was inaugurated on Wednesday as transitional president for three years, after leading a group of officers to oust Kabore in January. They said they were motivated by frustration about mounting violence by militant groups. The new government of 25 ministers includes Defence Minister General Barthelemy Simpore, who has retained the position he held u…

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