New Prime Minister Appointed in Burkina Faso
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Ouagadougou, Dec 8 (NationPress) The President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore, has officially appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as the new Prime Minister of the country.
As announced in a presidential decree broadcasted on public television by the General Secretary of the government, Mathias Traore, "Mr. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo is appointed Prime Minister."
Before this appointment, Ouedraogo held the position of minister of communication, culture, arts and tourism, according to a report by the Xinhua news agency.
On Friday, Traore relieved Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela of his duties as Prime Minister and dissolved the existing government.
