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'ECOWAS can only call for dialogue' after Burkina Faso mutiny • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 24 Jan 2022
#BurkinaFaso's military appeared to seize power on Monday by arresting President Roch #Kabore. The West African regional bloc known as #ECOWAS, which already has suspended Mali and Guinea in the past 18 months over military coups, issued a statement of support for Burkina Faso's embattled president and urged #dialogue with the mutinous soldiers. FRANCE 24's Chinwe Ossondu reports from Lagos, Nigeria.


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