Monrovia, Sept. 29 -- Liberia unveiled a new Honorary Consul in Burkina Faso Monday, in the wake of major controversy surrounding the alleged selling of diplomatic passports and consulship to foreign nationals.

Mr. Soudre Dieudonne, 43, was installed in office on Monday, in a large hotel complex in Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital, the online Burkinabe-based Informateur reported Monday.

Acting Foreign Minister Henry B. Fahnbulleh was reportedly on hand for the unveiling of Dieudonne.

Liberia does not have an embassy in the Capital, Ouagadougou and Liberians are not required to obtained visas to travel there.

The publication describes Dieudonne as a prosperous economic operator and a native of Pouytenga, in Kouritenga, who who started ...