05/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - Kashetu Kyenge to lead EU election observation mission. Kashetu Kyenge MEP (S&D, Italy) is to lead the EU election observation mission (EU-EOM) for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso. Kyenge was nominated for this by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on Monday 5 October. On stand-by since the attempted coup d'état by General Gilbert Diendéré on 16 September, the EU observers, who had been deployed since 5 September for the elections initially scheduled for 11 October, remained on the ground in the hopes of the civil authorities returning to power. This has now come about and the transition authorities must now set a new election timetable. (AN)