On 14 August the defence ministers of Mali Burkina Faso and Niger – Generals Sadio Camara Célestin Simporé and Salifou Modi – were in Moscow for talks with their Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov...
General Célestin Simporé until now the head of the joint chiefs-of-staff was appointed defence minister...
Vol 64 No 9 |
- BURKINA FASO
Kabré's replacement is Col Célestin Simporé a former Director of Engineering who was made head of the body co-ordinating all the state's military and paramilitary forces in the war effort the Commande des operations de théâtre national (COTN)...