Burkina Faso junta sees ‘democracy’ in 3 years

Bloomberg

Burkina Faso’s military leader on Tuesday signed off on a return to democracy within three years following a coup in January.
A civilian prime minister will lead a 24-member cabinet during the transition, according to the charter adopted following a meeting in the capital, Ouagadougou. Interim President Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the prime minister and the speaker of the 71 member-parliament will be barred from running in elections meant to restore constitutional order at the end of the transition period.
Africa’s fourth-biggest gold producer became the third West African country to experience a coup in the past year.