African Union chief condemns Burkina Faso coup

African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat said he is deeply concerned about the ‘unconstitutional change of government’.

By  AFP

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The coup is the latest bout of turmoil to strike Burkina Faso, a landlocked state that has suffered chronic instability since gaining independence from France in 1960. 

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