{"id":392186,"date":"2011-04-23T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/23\/president-blaise-compaore-of-burkina-faso-appoints-himself-as-minister-of-defence\/"},"modified":"2011-04-23T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T17:34:49","slug":"president-blaise-compaore-of-burkina-faso-appoints-himself-as-minister-of-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/president-blaise-compaore-of-burkina-faso-appoints-himself-as-minister-of-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"President Blaise Compaore Of Burkina Faso Appoints Himself As Minister Of Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso has appointed himself minister of defence following an army mutiny in the west African nation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Compaore revealed the move in a cabinet reshuffle announced on national television.Last week, he ordered bonuses for soldiers, sacked the head of the army and dismissed the government in a bid to reassert his authority.<\/p>\n<p>New army chief Gen Honore Nabere Traore said mutineers would meet Mr Compaore. &#8220;The crises are heading toward a solution,&#8221; Gen Traore said on public radio, adding that officials had &#8220;found adequate responses&#8221; to the mutineers&#8217; demands.<\/p>\n<p>Trouble began on 14 April when soldiers and presidential guards in the capital Ouagadougou staged a protest over unpaid housing allowances. Tens of thousands of people also took to the streets to demonstrate against high food prices.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, President Compaore also appointed Luc Adolphe Tiao &#8211; a journalist without prior government experience &#8211; as the country&#8217;s new prime minister. Mr Compaore is a former soldier who came to power in a military coup in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Landlocked Burkina Faso &#8211; formerly Upper Volta &#8211; has spent many of its post-independence years under military rule.One of Africa&#8217;s poorest countries, it has significant reserves of gold, but cotton production is its economic mainstay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d65bget.media_182-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso has appointed himself minister of defence following an army mutiny in the west African nation. 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