African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau following this week’s coup in the West African country, the AU Commission head told AFP on Friday.
The AU decided to suspend Guinea-Bissau from its bodies with immediate effect, chairman Mahamoud Ali Youssouf said.
The election observation missions to Guinea-Bissau set up by the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, as well as the West African Elders Forum, condemned the halt of the announcement of presidential and legislative elections and the subsequent military takeover in the West African country.
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, the election missions deplored what they described as a blatant attempt to disrupt the democratic process in Guinea-Bissau.
The statement was signed by the Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission, Filipe Nyusi; the Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, Issifu Kamara; and the Head of the West African Elders Forum, Goodluck Jonathan.
