♦ Burkina Faso's military government has appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as Prime Minister of the country on 8 December 2024.

♦ He was communication minister and spokesman of the previous government. The junta in Burkina Faso seized power in September 2022 by ousting the military rule of Lt. Col.

♦ Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba about eight months after it staged a coup to remove democratically elected President Roch Marc Kaboré.