The African Union announced on Friday that it was suspending Guinea after a military coup in the country led to the arrest of president Alpha Conde.
The move “to suspend the Republic of Guinea from all AU activities and decision-making bodies” came after Guinean special forces took over on Sunday and arrested Conde, who was the West African country’s first democratically elected leader.
The AU had initially condemned the military takeover and called for the release of Conde.
Guinea’s suspension from the AU comes one day after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also suspended the country and said it was sending a mission to assess the situation.
Heavy gunfire echoed in the Guinean capital on Sunday morning, before special forces announced on state television that they had seized power and arrested the president. The constitution and government were both dissolved, and land and air borders shut.
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