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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Lt Col Isaac Zida named prime minister of Burkina Faso Wednesday Nov 19,2014

 Lt Col Zida
Col Zida was an officer in former President Compaore's presidential guard
Burkina Faso's army-appointed leader Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Zida speaks during the signing of a transition charter at the Maison du Peuple in Ouagadougou o...
Burkina Faso's army-appointed leader Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Zida speaks during the signing of a transition charter at the Maison du Peuple in Ouagadougou on November 16, 2014
 


Zida hails from Yako, in the centre-north province of Passore, and was trained at the Commando Training Centre of Po -- in the south of the west African country, according to one of his aides.
He also received further military training in Morocco and Cameroon and has a masters in international management from Jean Moulin university in Lyon, France.
Zida served as a UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a year from 2008, a member of his team told AFP, before travelling to the US to undergo anti-terrorist training in Florida.
During the 2011 political crisis in the Ivory Coast, he was a liaison officer on Compaore's staff while he tried to mediate a solution to the stand-off

Zida's appointment as Kafando's head of government -- agreed between politicians and army leaders, according to a senior officer -- ensured the army keeps its hand firmly on the wheels of power in the months ahead.


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