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Burkina Faso suspended by regional body over coup

Ecowas has sent a delegation to the capital Ouagadougou.

The African Union (AU) has suspended Burkina Faso a week after the military seized power in a coup. It said the country would be blocked from all AU activities until constitutional order was restored. A key border between Rwanda and Uganda re-opened on Monday after three years, but there has been little movement of people and goods.

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Mon 31 Jan 202215:06GMT

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