Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies in response to this week’s military coup.
It also decided to send a delegation to the capital Ouagadougou, Reuters reports, quoting two diplomatic sources.
It was not immediately clear what other sanctions the 15-member ECOWAS might have decided to impose during an emergency summit held by video conference.
ECOWAS has imposed a range of sanctions on Mali and Guinea over the past 18 months in response to military takeovers, including asset freezes against junta leaders and their families, border closures and suspensions of financial transactions.
Burkina Faso’s military ousted President Roch Kabore on Monday, blaming him for failing to deal with rising violence due to Islamist militants.
The coup leader, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, said on Thursday that Burkina Faso would return to constitutional order “when the conditions are right”.
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