The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, has suspended Burkina Faso after a military coup, but will not impose other sanctions for the time being. This was revealed on 28th January 2022 by the Economic Community of West African States after mutinous soldiers imposed a democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to resign.
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the current ECOWAS chairman, called the recent spate of coups in West Africa “a direct violation of our democratic tenets”.
“The rest of the world is looking up to us to be firm on this matter,” he said.
A mission of ECOWAS chiefs of staff will fly to Burkina Faso on Saturday, followed on Monday by ministerial-level envoys.
The leaders will meet again on February 3 in Accra to assess the outcome of these missions and see whether additional sanctions should be imposed along with suspension, a summit participant told the AFP news agency.
In the past 18 months, the 15-nation ECOWAS has suspended two other members – Guinea and Mali – where coups have occurred.
Mali is also under punishing economic sanctions, including flight bans and asset freezes, after its coup leader failed to organize elections within 18 months as promised.
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