The African Union on Monday suspended Burkina Faso a week after the volatile country suffered its latest coup, as diplomats from West Africa and the UN began talks with the new junta.

The AU'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".

The move came three days after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Burkina from its ranks and warned of possible sanctions pending the outcome of meetings with the junta.

An ECOWAS mission headed by Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway arrived in Ouagadougou, where it was joined by the UN's special representative for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif.

They arrived at the presidential palace at 1 pm (1300 GMT), an AFP journalist saw.

"The joint delegation will have meetings with the military leaders as well as with the various Burkinabe actors," UNOWAS said in a statement earlier.

On Saturday, ECOWAS sent military chiefs to confer with junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

The junta "reaffirmed its commitment to sub-regional and international organisations," it said in a statement.

ECOWAS leaders will hold a summit in Accra on Thursday to assess its two missions to see whether they should impose sanctions.

They have previously suspended and enforced sanctions against two other members -- Mali and Guinea -- which have also seen military overthrows in the past 18 months.

Moussa Faki Mahamat, who chairs the AU's Commission, had already condemned the coup on the day it happened.

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NOW:1062nd Mtg of the #AU Peace & Security Council: Briefing on the situation in #BurkinaFaso .Opening remarks by Amb. Amma-Twum-Amoah, of #Ghana &Chair of the #AUPSC for the month followed by Statements by Comm. @Bankole_Adeoye @AUC_PAPS and the Representative of Burkina Faso

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The suspension came hours before the junta announced the Constitution has been restored.

Issokay!!!

FTC!!!!

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I don't have much to say but read this from gidgiddy

There is hardly any country in Africa that did not have military coup in the 60's or 70's. In West Africa, every country went through military coup with the exception of Cameroon

Ghana had multiple coups, some of them bloody. But Ghana and most countries have moved from coups and it is now part of their history

What I find really funny is that despite Nigeria having gone through 7 different coups, it is only the first one that some mischief makers like to talk about.

The first coup is the only coup that has been given ethnic colouration. Nobody calls Murtala Mohammed's could a Hausa coup, nobody calls Buhari's coup a Fulani coup, nobody calls Babangida's coup a Gwari coup. Only the first coup was given an ethnic tag because Igbo officers were heavily involved

The first coup is a good indicator of why Nigeria should not be together. 55 years after that coup, people are still talking about it like it happened yesterday. Even those who went on to conduct multiple coups and killed far more people in the process, are still lamenting about that coup

Watching keenly....

Sometimes coup ain't the only answer to tyranny

Abeg, free dem joor!

Tinubu is a cold bloody MURDERER!

He murdered Funsho Williams in cold blood!

SECONDED

Chai

Leaving and surviving in Africa should be a course to be studied For BSc, MSc and PGD

A coup celebrated by citizens

E no go werk. It's their country, they'd put it back in shape and restore democracy in a matter of months. African leaders are superior corrupt. I'm sure they're taking a cue of Nigeria

Toothless union

Of what benefit is AU to Africa at large useless group of blind people with backwardness

Yawn

Audio suspension. The deed has been done

initial gra gra




nothing will come out of it

This is good but seriously, don't you think Nigeria needs something like this??

It's just unfortunate that Even our Armed forces are part and parcel of the problems.

Oh my Nation, Who made thee thus??

Africa... Democracy doesn't seem to be working.. What happens if majority of the members of ECOWAS decide to go the way of military rule... Will they suspend the whole of Africa?
There's something we are not doing right, get it right and the coups will stop

Useless AU, who Dem help ?


The citizens are happy with the new government

Okay, but if that coup is against any form of corruption then I support it.

Who AU epp??

NwaIgboBoy:
What about Nigeria aren't we gonna be suspended as a country cuz of high level of kwaraption ?

I wonder o

The funniest truth is every union is not even united.
Bitter truth is some of the members of the union supported the coup.

Nigeria will soon follow and there'll be wild jubilations in the streets if any elected leader is overthrown in a coup in Nigerian cos they are all rotten thieves and they've corrupted the military to the point where military men now stand on roads and collect bribes like dirty policemen

Ok so what next?

when citizen of a particular country is sufferings you dont see them

useless organization we still have many problem in Africa but they are quite and blind

What effort did AU make to avert the coup? I mean, did AU monitor the country's leadership to prevent a possible coup?

What is the reason for the suspension?

Also, won't the suspension promote unconstitutional leadership in the country?