W. African bloc suspends Burkina Faso after military coup


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  • Friday, 28 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: New Military Leader Of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, delivers a speech in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 27, 2022, in this screengrab taken from video. REUTERS TV via REUTERS

(Corrects to "Guinea" from "Burkina Faso" in paragraph 6)

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -West Africa's main regional bloc on Friday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week's military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement.

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