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OUAGADOUGOU, June 11 (AFP) - Burkina Faso television late Monday announced the composition of a new government, excluding opposition members, following the proclamation of the results of May 5 general elections by the Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Ernest Yonli, who had announced his resignation on June 4, was reinstated in the post three days later.

The main change is the absence of opposition ministers. Although divided, the opposition parties ate into the majority of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) in last month's vote. The CDP took only 57 seats against 54 for opposition parties in the country's 111-seat parliament.

Yonli, 46, was re-appointed prime minister by President Blaise Compaore after tendering his resignation following Supreme Court confirmation of the results of the May 5 elections.

Yonli, an economist, became prime minister in November 2000 when he was appointed to lead a government of national unity, which included nine ministers from the opposition.

The government announced Monday comprises 31 ministers, down from the previous 36.

Since last month's elections, politics in Burkina Faso have been dominated by a debate as to whether the country should continue to have a unity government.

The powersharing system was introduced in November 2000 to calm rising tension after an investigative journalist, Norbert Zongo, was assassinated in December 1998. - Nampa-AFP

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