The African Union on Monday suspended Burkina Faso a week after the volatile country suffered its latest coup, as envoys from West Africa and the UN headed for 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 joint delegation will have meetings with the military leaders as well as with the various Burkinabe actors," UNOWAS said in a statement. ECOWAS leaders will hold a summit in Accra on Thursday to assess the two missions to see whether they should impose sanctions. They later released a handwritten letter in which he announced his resignation -- a document that a member of his party said was authentic.
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