Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new Prime Minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason.

• Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo,, Communications Minister and spokesperson of the government will be the West African country's new Prime Minister.
• junta leader Ibrahim Traore had issued a decree dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of the national government. No reason was given for the move.
• The junta in Burkina Faso seized power in September 2022 by ousting the military rule of Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba about eight months after it staged a coup to remove democratically elected President Roch Marc Kaboré.
• The country is one of several West African nations where the military has recently taken over, capitalizing on popular discontent with previous democratically elected governments over security issu