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 by all stakeholders.
In his welcome remarks, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari thanked his colleagues for responding to his invitation on short notice. He noted that the recent developments in Burkina Faso ran contrary to the expectation and efforts so far undertaken by ECOWAS, the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) and other international partners to restore constitutional order and democracy in that West African Country.
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