Quebec City: France's President Francois Hollande on Monday urged the Burkina Faso military to quickly hand power to a civilian authority capable of rapidly organizing elections in the troubled West African country.
Hollande was speaking shortly after the officers that have seized power in the former French colony pledged to name a "consensus" leader tasked with overseeing a return to elected government.
Hollande was speaking shortly after the officers that have seized power in the former French colony pledged to name a "consensus" leader tasked with overseeing a return to elected government.
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