Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.
The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into renewed turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba who had seized power in January was toppled by newly emerged rival Traore, leading a faction of disgruntled junior officers.
It was the latest putsch in the Sahel region much of which, like Burkina Faso, is battling a growing Islamist insurgency.
Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.