AU chairperson worries over coup resurgence in Africa

African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Mahamat, has expressed grave concern over the resurgence of coup d’état in Africa.

Mr Mahamat said this while answering questions at a news conference in New York on Tuesday.

The chairperson, who was in New York to attend the seventh high-level dialogue, spoke in reference to the recent coup attempt in Sierra Leone.

“Coup d’état is a violation of democratic rules in states. They are a phenomenon that we thought was definitively over and done with on the African continent.

He said, “Unfortunately, we have seen six coups d’état, six French states have been suspended from the African Union due to unconstitutional changes of government. The reasons for this are manifold, but it is not acceptable for the devolution of power to happen in such a way.”

He, however, noted that the issue was under the purview of the regional bloc scheduled to meet soon.

“Economic Community of West African States will soon organise a summit to be able to…