AU Demands Burkina Faso Military Hand Over Power

The deputy chairman of the African Union Commission on Thursday condemned the overthrow of the administration in Burkina Faso and said the AU had demanded that military leaders immediately return power to the transitional government. Erastus Mwencha said the AU Peace and Security Council would meet soon to review the situation in Burkina Faso and decide the organization’s next line of action. The overthrow of the government Wednesday in Ouagadougou came less than three weeks before the...

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