AU=African Union Mali decides to qualify for suspension Coup d'etat August 20 6:26
Following the coup by some soldiers in Mali, West Africa, the African Union's AU-African Union strongly condemned and decided to suspend Mali's eligibility.
In Mali on the 18th, a soldier of the army uprised in the suburbs of the capital city of Bamako, and the detained President Keita announced the resignation and disbanded the cabinet and parliament.
Regarding this, the AU-African Union held a peace and security council on 19th to discuss the response, and "strongly condemn the non-constitutional change of power," and qualify for Mali's participation in AU activities. Decided to stop.
In 2012, a coup broke the government in Mali, but in the wake of the turmoil before and after that, an armed group of Islamic militants connected to the international terrorist organization Al Qaeda entered the north.
The armed group attacked a natural gas facility in the southeastern neighboring Algeria in 2013 next year, causing terrorism that killed 40 people, including 10 Japanese, and continues to repeat terrorism and attacks.
Given this situation, the AU Peace and Security Council said that a coup d'etat in Mali "will further complicate the efforts surrounding the fight against terrorism along with the local situation", and the tensions in the region will be further strained by the extremists. We are wary of rising.