Burkina Faso Inaugurates 71-Member Transition Assembly

Burkina Faso’s transitional assembly formally took office On Tuesday, two months after a military takeover led to the ouster of former president Roch Kabore.

The 71-member assembly will be responsible for voting on the texts of reforms planned during the transition.

The body is made up of 71 deputies; 21 appointed by the president and the remainder chosen by the security forces, civil groups, political parties and the country’s 13 regions.

Academic Aboubacar Toguyeni was elected to head the transitional legislative assembly.