West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a recent coup in the country,
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will also send a mediation mission to Guinea on Thursday.
The move comes after Guinean special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power on Sunday and arrested president Alpha Conde, sparking international condemnation.
Conde had come under increasing fire for perceived authoritarianism.
The 83-year-old became the first democratically elected president in 2010 and was re-elected in 2015.
However, last year, he pushed through a new constitution that allowed him to run for a third term in October 2020.
The move sparked mass demonstrations in which dozens of protesters were killed.
