{"id":1901,"date":"2022-01-31T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2022-01-31T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T08:00:02","slug":"ecowas-and-un-to-assess-burkina-fasos-situation-after-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/1901\/ecowas-and-un-to-assess-burkina-fasos-situation-after-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecowas and UN to assess Burkina Faso&#8217;s situation after coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">A team from the West African regional bloc Ecowas will be in Burkina Faso&#8217;s capital, Ouagadougou, on Monday to assess the situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">It comes a week after some military officers <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2022\/01\/24\/burkina-faso-president-roch-kabore-reportedly-detained-by-military\/\">toppled the government<\/a> of elected President Roch Kabor\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">The Ecowas ministerial-level mission will be joined by a UN delegation led by the head of the UN&#8217;s office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">The joint team will hold talks with the Lt Col <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2022\/01\/26\/who-is-paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba-burkina-faso-coup-leader\/\">Paul-Henri Damiba<\/a>-led junta, as well as various Burkinab\u00e8 actors.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">An in-person Ecowas summit is planned for Thursday in Ghana for further deliberations on the situation.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">Leaders of the regional body held a virtual emergency meeting on Friday where they\u00a0suspended the country\u2019s membership from the regional bloc.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1gjkaj7qqcy.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-61f763aa0a22d424c588b694.0.6.0.0:$post_7\">There appears to be a troubling resurgence of coups in West Africa, with Burkina Faso being the third country after Mali and <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2022\/01\/24\/head-of-guineas-ruling-junta-appoints-members-of-transitional-council\/\">Guinea<\/a> in the past year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team from the West African regional bloc Ecowas will be in Burkina Faso&#8217;s capital, Ouagadougou, on Monday to assess the situation in the country. It comes a week after some military officers toppled the government of elected President Roch Kabor\u00e9. 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