The announcement was made by military leader Ibrahim Traore through a presidential decree read on state television on Saturday. Ouedraogo, a journalist by profession and a close associate of Traore, previously held positions as editor-in-chief and director of the country’s state television.
No explanation was given for the dismissal of the former Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who had been appointed as interim premier shortly after Traore seized power in September 2022. The junta had ousted the military rule of Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba about eight months after Damiba had led a coup to overthrow the democratically elected President Roch Marc Kaboré.
