Mahama leaves for Abuja to discuss Burkina Faso crisis

President John Dramani Mahama will today attend an Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to discuss the political situation in Burkina Faso.

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The Government of Ghana had in an earlier statement signed by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna S. Tetteh, condemned the coup of September 17, noting that it violates with impunity "the internationally brokered process to promote the principle of entrenching democracy and constitutional governance in Burkina Faso."