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African Union suspends Burkina Faso over coup

The African Union on January 31, 2022 suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup. © Ludovic Marin, AFP

The African Union said Monday it had suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

The bloc's 15-member Peace and Security Council said on Twitter it had voted "to suspend the participation of #BurkinaFaso in all AU activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country".

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