<span style="color: #222222;">In Burkina Faso, the military government announced that it has restored the constitution a week after taking power and has appointed the coup's leader as head of state for a transitional period.<br />''<br />''In a televised statement yesterday, the military government said it had approved a fundamental act that lifts the suspension of the constitution. Meanwhile, the statement did not give a timeline for the transition period.<br />''<br />''The move came shortly after the African Union suspended Burkina Faso for the takeover and diplomats from West Africa and the United Nations pressed demands for a return to civilian rule.<br />''<br />''Just hours earlier, the African Union's 15-member Peace and Security Council announced that it had voted to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all AU activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country.<br />''<br />''On January 24, rebel soldiers detained president Roch Marc Christian Kabore and imposed army rule on the country.</span><br />