Burkina Faso PM Reshuffles Ministers amid Protests

Burkina Faso’s transitional Prime Minister has replaced two Ministers.

This comes only two weeks after the formation of a new government.

The minister for industry and trade, as well as the one in charge of lands and housing, were replaced through a decree read out on national television on Wednesday.

Report says Donatien Nagalo’s appointment as Trade Minister had faced opposition by traders’ associations, who accused him of malpractices as a former head of the country’s national union of traders.

He has now been replaced by Serge Poda, an executive of the central bank of common regional currency.

While Mikailou Sidibé replaces Yacouba Dié, whose appointment as lands and housing minister had also been challenged by a wave of protests over the alleged poor implementation of a past government housing project.

Prime Minister, Apollinaire Tambéla formed the first transitional military government under Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

However, before replacing the two ministers, he had justified their appointment saying that a background check had found nothing incriminating against them.

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