Diplomat. Before elections, the head of the Burkina Faso junta endorses a three-year transition.

diplomatic.  Just over a month after leading a coup to remove the nation’s elected government, Burkina Faso’s junta chairman signed a charter on Tuesday that established a three-year transition period until the country holds elections, according to an AFP journalist. diplomat. In Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on February 16, 2022, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, the commander of the military junta, takes a seat prior to taking the oath of office. © Presidency Press Service of Burkina Faso via Reuters.