Mali has been suspended from the African Union following last week's military coup - the second in nine months.
The first was last August following a military coup - but the country was reinstated after the heads of a civilian-led transitional government were announced.
Now that administration has been overthrown, once again, Mali finds itself excluded.
The AU in a statement called for a return to civilian government saying it would not hesitate to impose sanctions and other punitive measures unless troops were urgently ordered to return to barracks, according from the union.
Colonel ASSIMI GOITA, who led the coup, was appointed transitional president by the country's constitutional court four days ago.
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