Condemnations pour in from various regional blocs a day after junior military officers stage what is the second coup in Burkina Faso this year
Junior military officers toppled a junta leader on Friday, saying he had failed to fight militant attacks in the country.
"The chairperson calls upon the military to immediately and totally refrain from any acts of violence or threats to the civilian population, civil liberties, human rights," the AU said in a statement on Sunday, calling for the restoration of the constitutional order by July 2024.
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