ECOWAS suspends Guinea over coup, send mediators to capital West Africa’s main regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea’s membership following a recent coup in the country, Burkina Faso’s foreign minister Alpha Barry disclosed this on Wednesday after a virtual crisis summit. The ECOWAS leaders also agreed to send a high-level mission to Guinea, In a communique issued after the virtual meeting of the organisation, the visit of the ECOWAS mission would be led by Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with representatives from Nigeria,...