Regionalism in Africa at the Present Stage

... hand, because the latter by definition implies the overthrow of “democratically elected governments.” However, due to the lack of criteria for “unconstitutionality,” the AU’s actions are sometimes inconsistent. For example, the 2014 coup in Burkina Faso was regarded by the African Union as an NCG act, but the popular uprising that preceded the coup and actually led to regime change was not considered “unconstitutional.” For their part, the organizers of the coups in Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali in 2020-2022 tried ...