OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso —Jan 21, 2019—Burkina Faso‘s president has nominated a new prime minister after a mass resignation last week.

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Saturday appointed Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire as the West African nation’s new premier in a decree read on Burkina Faso National Television.

Dabire was a health minister under former President Blaise Compaore’s government, and later represented Burkina Faso at the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

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