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Burkina Faso junta will resist outside pressure

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BURKINA FASO

ECOWAS threatened to impose sanctions for failure to comply, but has subsequently granted a short although undefined extension. The junta under coup leader President Paul-Henri…

West African coups will challenge ECOWAS's credibility

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WEST AFRICA

At a January 9 summit, the bloc imposed sweeping sanctions on Mali, whose junta has repeatedly sought to sidestep ECOWAS demands for a rapid transition. Guinea’s military rulers…