Burkina Faso’s military government said it has restored the constitution a week after taking power and has appointed the coup’s leader as head of state for a transitional period. It formally identified coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as president of the MPSR.This role also encompasses “president of Burkina Faso, head of state (and) supreme leader of the armed forces,” the statement said. The MPSR has two vice presidents, the statement added, but it did not mention any names. A separate decree read on television said that the armed forces chief of staff, Gilbert Ouedra…