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Mali’s membership has been suspended by the African Union in response to military coup and threatened sanctions, if a civilian-led government is not restored.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its capital is Bamako. Mali borders Algeria to the north-northeast, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso to the south-east, Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal to the west and Mauritania to the north-west.
The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. In 2017, the AU admitted Morocco as a member state. The AU replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was established in 1963. The OAU was disbanded in 2002.