Following a week of political uproar in Burkina Faso caused by a coup d�etat by the elite President Guards (RSP), ECOWAS heads of state yesterday restored peace by re-instating Burkina�s interim President Michael Kafando back to power.
In an official handover ceremony on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, in Ouagadougou, Interim President Michel Kafando said, �during this ordeal, we have fought together and in freedom we triumph�.
Michael Kafando called for peace, open-mindedness and a spirit of compromise by all stakeholders.
The Associated Press also quotes him as saying �We are proud of the courageous Burkinabe people, in particular, our youth�.
The delegation of member state of ECOWAS who were dispatched to Burkina to ensure peace comprised of the presidents of Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Benin and Senegal.
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