Burkina Faso coup: 5 key outcomes of Jan. 28 ECOWAS summit

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on January 28, 2022, suspended the membership of Burkina Faso following a coup that ousted the government of President Christian Roch Marc Kabore.

The leaders held an extraordinary virtual summit under the chairmanship of Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The leaders condemned the coup and arrived at five core outcomes

Read full articleand demands of the junta led b Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

The outcomes are as follows:

a. Demands the immediate release and protection of President Roch Marc Christian KABORE and all the other political detainees;

b. Decides to suspend Burkina Faso from all ECOWAS Institutions;

c. Demands the immediate restoration of constitutional order by the militaries and urges them to remain republican by focusing on the role of safeguarding the territorial integrity of the country;

d. Instructs the Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) to forthwith deploy a delegation to Burkina Faso to hold consultations with the military leaders to carry out an assessment of the security situation in the country and submit a report to be reviewed by the Authority of Heads of State and Government;

e. Further instructs the Commission to facilitate the deployment of a joint ECOWAS Ministerial Mission to Burkina Faso, led by the Chairperson of Council of Ministers on 31st January, 2022 to assess the political situation and submit their report to the Authority of Heads of State and Government. The United Nations Special Representative to West Africa and Sahel and the African Union will participate in this mission.

Full report from ECOWAS virtual summit of January 28, 2022