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| PRESIDENT ROCH MARC CHRISTIAN KABORE OF BURKINA FASO |
Roch
Marc Christian Kabore who was sworn in today, December 29th as the
president of Burkina Faso in the nation’s capital, Quagadougou with a number of
presidents from West Africa present. Nigeria’s president was represented by a
delegation led by the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. President Kabore in
the course of his inauguration assured his countrymen that his administration viewed the
inauguration as a victory for for “democracy and freedom” which it would uphold.
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| PRESIDENT KABORE (L) AT INAUGURATION |
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| NIGERIA'S VP OSINBAJO WITH KABORE (sesco) |
The
former presidents of Nigeria and Ghana, Olusegun Obasanjo and Jerry Rawlings
were also at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Ouaga 2000 Stadium venue of the ceremony
which marked a victory for the regional body, ECOWAS which on its own ensured that
civil rule was restored to Burkina Faso after the coup led by General Gilbert Diendere that truncated the regime
of President Blaise Compaore who attempted to rewrite the country’s
constitution to enable him have another term beyond that provided for.
The
new president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore aged 58 years won the elections which
held on November 29, 2015 by more than 53 % of the votes cast. He was a former
prime minister and the speaker of the country’s parliament before the coup
incident.
This is the second time Burkina Faso
is electing a president since its independence in 1960 as for most part it had
been ruled by the military and then Compaore.
The United States of America was
represented at the event by a delegation led by Honorable Linda Thomas -
Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
See pictures of Vice President Prof. Osinbajo arriving Burkina Faso below:
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