Taarifa Rwanda 0share Mali will no longer take part in the affairs of African Union a continental body that brings together all 55 Member States. The African Union has effectively suspended Mali’s membership and threatened sanctions in response to a second military coup last Friday. Former vice president Assimi Goita, a colonel who led both coups, was declared president on Friday. Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were detained and pressured to resign. In a statement the AU’s Peace and Security Council said Mali’s suspension – effective immediately – would remain until “normal constitutional order has been restored”.