By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: President of Burkina Faso and President in Office of the Conference of Heads of State and Government, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, speaks during an extraordinary summit to discuss a proposal by transitional authorities in Mali to delay elections and return constitutional rule, in Accra, Ghana January 9, 2022.... Ange Servais Mahouena/ Ivory Coast Presidential Press Service/ Handout via REUTERS OUAGADOUGOU( Reuters)-Burkina Faso Defence Minister General Bathe

OUAGADOUGOU( Reuters)-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 Islamist militants.

Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the soldiers told The Associated Press by phone early Monday.... The roads of the capital were empty Sunday night except for checkpoints heavily guarded by mutinous soldiers. State news station RTB was heavily guarded on Monday morning.... Fighting began on Sunday when soldiers took control of the Lamizana Sangoule military barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou Civilians drove into town in a show of s

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso— Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told the Associated Press by phone early Monday.... The roads of the capital, Ouagadougou, were empty Sunday night except for checkpoints heavily guarded by mutinous soldiers. State news station RTB was heavily guarded Monday morning.... Fighting began Sunday when some soldiers took control of the Lamizana Sangoule military barracks in Ouagadougou...

But analysts say the army is ill-equipped and lacks the experience and training to be able to turn around the fight against the insurgents.... Media reports said that President Kabore, the head of parliament, and the ministers are currently being held in the base.Mr Kabore has led Burkina Faso since 2015 after the end of nearly thirty years under former president and strongman Blaise Compaore in a popular uprising.... Mr Kabore was re-elected in November 2020 for another five-year term in offi