Captain Ibrahim Traore named Burkina Faso president after second coup

Captain Ibrahim Traore was named president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday after the second coup in the West African country in less than nine months.

Captain Ibrahim Traore was named president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday after the second coup in the West African country in less than nine months.

The African Union on Saturday condemned the "unconstitutional change of government" in Burkina Faso, following the second coup this year in the deeply poor and troubled West African country.