OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s military leader Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba has taken over the defence portfolio in the West African nation struggling with an ongoing Islamist insurgency, a statement read on national television on Monday evening said. The statement did not give reasons for the cabinet reshuffle. Damiba seized power in January citing the previous government’s inability to tackle the country’s problems, including the insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced more than 2 million including in neighbouring in Mali and Niger. Attacks by militants linked to Islamic Stat…