The African Union (AU) has condemned a “wave” of military coups that has seen an unprecedented number of member states suspended from the bloc, a senior official said on Sunday, the last day of its annual summit.
The coups were among the main issues expected to be discussed at the summit, along with the AU’s response to a war in the north of host country Ethiopia.
Less than two weeks before the summit began on Saturday, Burkina Faso became the fourth country to be suspended by the AU after disgruntled soldiers toppled Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Guinea, Mali and Sudan