#African_Union to readmit #Egypt after year-long suspension
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The African Union is set to readmit Egypt and end its nearly year-long suspension from the grouping because of the country’s military coup, an official said Wednesday. Egypt was suspended from the 54-member pan-African bloc last July, after former president Mohammed Mursi, the country’s first freely elected president, was ousted by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a coup. Diplomats said the AU’s Peace and Security Council agreed to reinstate Egypt after a meeting late Tuesday, even though the organization’s regulations hold that the governments of member states must be democratically elected. read more