A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States met the leader of the ruling junta in Burkina Faso Saturday, the day after the West African bloc suspended the country over the region’s latest coup, the junta announced.The junta “reaffirmed its commitment to sub-regional and international organisations”, in a statement.It added that the ECOWAS delegates met briefly with junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.Earlier in the day, they held long talks with other members of the junta which seized power on Monday.The rebel soldiers seized Burkina president Roch Marc Christian Kabore amid rising public anger at his failure to stem the jihadist violence ravaging the impoverished nation.It marked the third military coup in a West African country in just 18 months.The ECOWAS delegation arrived in Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on Saturday morning and will leave on Sunday, said Benin diplomat Francis Behanzin.
The delegation is composed of representatives from Benin, Togo and Ghana, and is led by ECOWAS peace and security commissioner Francis Behanzin of Benin, he added. The delegation will “evaluate the situation before the arrival of another mission next week”. Ministerial-level ECOWAS envoys are expected to arrive in the Burkina Faso capital on Monday
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