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West African regional bloc suspends Guinea after coup

West African regional bloc suspends Guinea after coup

SALIOU SAMB WEST Africa's main political and economic bloc suspended Guinea's membership on Wednesday following a weekend military coup that ousted President Alpha Conde and dealt the latest in a flurry of setbacks to democracy in the region. During a virtual summit, leaders from the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demanded a return to the constitutional order and Conde's immediate release, and also agreed to send a high-level mission to Guinea as soon as Thursday, said Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Alpha Barry. "At the end of that mission, ECOWAS should be able to re-examine its position," Barry…
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