By Stephen Levy
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) urged
outside states and organizations not to impose sanctions on Burkina Faso
despite the two military coups, the
Daily Mail notes, on November 8th. ECOWAS deployed Mack Sall, the President
of Senegal, as a mediator with the current government, led by Lieutenant
Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida. ECOWAS supports a yearlong transition before
elections, while the current government has not yet set a deadline for handing
over power but meets with civilian groups. The African Union, on the other
hand, stated that the military government would receive two weeks to transition
power over to civilians before it would apply sanctions.
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