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AU suspends Guinea following coup | AU suspends Guinea following coup |
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The African Union has suspended Guinea after last week's military coup in the West African nation. | The African Union has suspended Guinea after last week's military coup in the West African nation. |
Guinea would remain suspended "until the return of constitutional order in that country," the 53-member bloc said in a statement from its Ethiopian base. | Guinea would remain suspended "until the return of constitutional order in that country," the 53-member bloc said in a statement from its Ethiopian base. |
Junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power after the death of long-serving President Lansana Conte, attracting international condemnation. | Junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power after the death of long-serving President Lansana Conte, attracting international condemnation. |
But many Guineans back the army's move after many years of misrule. | |
Guinea's temporary exclusion from the AU was decided during a meeting of the body's Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa, where the organisation is based. | |
Before the meeting, an AU official told AFP news agency that suspending Guinea was the only option for the AU. | |
"Coups will only exacerbate the continent's existing problems and there is no time to tolerate such actions," said the official, who did not want to be named. | |
President Conte died aged 74 on 22 December, after being in power for 24 years, after staging his own coup in 1984. | |
Hours later Capt Camara took to the airwaves to announce the dissolution of the government. | |
The junta has so far ignored international calls to relinquish power and allow for a democratic transition process. | |
On Sunday the coup leaders sacked more than 20 generals, a move correspondents said was designed to consolidate their grip. |