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ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

People take to the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to rally in support of the new military rulers [File: Sophie Garcia/AP Photo]

The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, has suspended Burkina Faso in the aftermath of a military coup, making it the third member nation to be punished for a military takeover in only 18 months.

The announcement on Friday by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) comes several days after mutinous soldiers forced democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to resign.

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