Leaders agree to political transition plan

Burkina Faso’s political parties agreed that the country’s political transition should last a year, followed by elections in November 2015, a media report said on Thursday. But the talks on Wednesday held in the capital, Ouagadougou, ended without the stakeholders coming to a decision as to who would head the transitional government, BBC reported.

The talks were also attended by civil society groups and tribal chiefs. The presidents of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal mediated the talks.