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             Burkina Faso Leader to Hand Power to Transitional Body

   by Reuters

   Burkina Faso's interim leader Isaac Zida said on Monday that the army
   would cede power to a transition government headed by a consensual
   leader, in a bid to calm accusations that he had seized power in a
   military coup.

   The country's longtime president Blaise Compaore stepped down last week
   after two days of mass protests over his bid to extend his rule. On
   Saturday, the military appointed Lieutenant Colonel Zida in a move
   criticized by opposition politicians and Western powers seeking a
   return to civilian rule.

   "Our understanding is that the executive powers will be led by a
   transitional body but within a constitutional framework that we will
   watch over carefully," he told a gathering of diplomats in the capital
   Ouagadougou, without giving a timeframe.
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