Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been sworn in as President of Burkina Faso.
Damiba swore an oath on Wednesday (today) before the country’s top constitutional body.
This is coming barely a month after he led a coup to topple elected head of state Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
The 41-year-old on January 24 led officers to force out Kabore following public anger over his handling of a bloody Jihadist in the country.
No foreign representatives, however, was present at the ceremony held today in a small room at the offices of the Constitutional Council.
Damiba, dressed in camouflage uniform and a red beret and a sash in the colours of Burkina’s national flag, swore at the televised event to “preserve, respect, uphold and defend the Constitution”, the nation’s laws and a “fundamental act” of key decisions approved by the junta.
It confirmed further that Damiba would be appointed to those roles for a transitional period, and be assisted by two vice presidents.
