burkina faso elections
Burkinabes Select Roch Kabore as New President
After forcing their 27-year president in to exile and surviving a failed week-long coup, the people of Burkina Faso chose their new president Sunday with the election of Roch Marc Christian Kabore, reports BBC. RELATED: BURKINA FASO COUP OVER, PRESIDENT KAFANDO RESTORED TO POWER Securing 53.5 percent of the vote, Kabore, who is a former prime…