The military has taken power in Burkina Faso, and the democratically elected president is in their captivity. The African Union draws consequences.
A week after a military coup, the African Union (AU) suspended the membership of the West African crisis state Burkina Faso.
The decision is effective until constitutional order is restored in the country of 21 million, the AU said on Monday.
A delegation from the United Nations (UN) and the Economic Community of West Africa (Ecowas) arrived in the capital Ouagadougou on Monday for talks with the military junta. Mutinous soldiers overthrew the democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on January 24 and took power. Since then, Kaboré has been held captive by the putschists.
Burkina Faso is in a serious political crisis, mainly because of increasing Islamist terror in the Sahel. Many militias operate in the region, some of which have sworn allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS) or the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. Protracted droughts and famines also make things difficult for the country, which is impoverished despite rich gold deposits.
Source: Stern
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