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Burkina Faso to appoint interim government within 72 hours - prime minister Zida


    OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's newly appointed prime minister Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida said on Wednesday that a government for the country's transitional period would be announced "within 72 hours".

    The deputy head of the presidential guard was briefly head of state after mass protests toppled long-serving President Blaise Compaore who fled the West African country on October 31.

    Zida agreed to step down amid pressure for a return to civilian rule and earlier this week former foreign minister Michel Kafando was appointed interim president.

    (Reporting by Mathieu Bonkoungou; Writing by Emma Farge; editing by Ralph Boulton)