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Burkina, Guinea, Mali launch lobbying for AU return

Olivia Rouamba

Olivia Rouamba (C), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, speaks during a joint press conference with Morissanda Kouyaté (L), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea and Abdoulaye Diop (R), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali, in Ouagadougou, on February 9, 2023. 


 

Photo credit: Olympia de Maismont | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • All three nations have been suspended from the AU and regional grouping, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), after undergoing military coups since 2020.

Dakar,

The top diplomats of junta-ruled Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali have begun intense lobbying to reinstate their countries into the African Union ahead of the bloc's summit this weekend, Bamako said Thursday.

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