Addis Ababa, 20 March-(ANA)-The African Union has suspended Madagascar after the army forced out the president and installed the opposition leader in his place.
Although the handover in Madagascar was not a straightforward military seizure of power, an AU official said it had not been constitutional.
Andry Rajoelina on Thursday suspended parliament and held his first cabinet meeting since taking power.
He is due to be inaugurated at a ceremony in the capital on Saturday.
President Marc Ravalomanana resigned under pressure from a section of the army, which insisted that Mr Rajoelina should take over.
"The council is of the opinion that what occurred in Madagascar enters the definition of unconstitutional change of government," said Burkina Faso's Ambassador Bruno Nongoma Zidouemba, Chairman of the AU's Peace and Security Council.
"The council then decided to suspend the participation of Madagascar to the bodies and organs of the AU." (ANA)
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