Following days of political turmoil in Burkina Faso caused by a coup d’état by the elite Presidential Guards (RSP), ECOWAS heads of state yesterday met in an extraordinary summit in Abuja, Nigeria and ordered the restoration to power of Burkina Faso’s Interim President, Michel Kafondo. They further called for peace, open-mindedness and a spirit of compromise…
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