Published on: 25/10/2022 – 23:32 A government of 23 ministers, including three soldiers, was appointed Tuesday evening by the president of the transition to lead Burkina Faso until July 2024. This team will be led by the Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem of Tembela. The president of the transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who came to power in a coup at the end of September, appointed a government of 23 ministers, including three soldiers, on Tuesday evening, October 25, to lead the country until return to a constitutional order, in July 2024. Colonel-Major Kassoum Coulibaly, is appointed Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs, a key position in this country undermined by deadly jihadist violence. Two other officers enter this government: Colonel Boukare Zoungrana, who inherits the portfolio of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security and Colonel Augustin Kaboré in the Environment, according to a decree read on public television. Colonel Zoungrana was until now commander of the Patriotic Watch and Defense Brigade (BVDP) which coordinates the actions of volunteers for the defense of the homeland, civilian auxiliaries of the army.Three renewed ministersThree ministers Those who were already in government under Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the president overthrown by a military coup at the end of September, have been reappointed to this new cabinet which has five women. They are Bassolma Bazié (Civil Service), Olivia Rouamba (Foreign Affairs) and Robert Lucien Kargougou (Health). On Friday, the president of the transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, had appointed as Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tembela, a 64-year-old lawyer, who until then headed the Center for International and Strategic Research, a think tank. October 14, a charter was adopted providing for the establishment of a government not exceeding 25 members and a legislative assembly of 71 members. This charter indicates that the mandate of the transitional president must end with the holding of a presidential election scheduled for July 2024. On January 24, soldiers led by Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba and regrouped within a junta called Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration (MPSR), had overthrown President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, accused of incapacity in the face of the jihadist attacks which have multiplied in Burkina. But these attacks have not ceased in eight months and a new putsch has took place on September 30, bringing Captain Traoré to power, who notably invoked the deterioration of the security situation to justify this coup. On Monday, at least ten soldiers were killed and around fifty injured during a “terrorist attack” in Djibo, a city under jihadist blockade for three months, in northern Burkina Faso. With AFP