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African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, the head of a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Burkina Faso, meets new military leader of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba during a visit of West African and United Nations envoys. [Reuters]

The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week's military coup, effective until constitutional order is restored, the AU said on Monday.

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