AlHijjah 05, 1436, September 19, 2015, SPA -- Senegal President Macky Sall deplored a "lack of dialogue" as mediators entered a second day of talks on Saturday over Burkina Faso's coup in which an elite military unit overthrew the transitional government, according to AP. Sall, chairman of the regional ECOWAS body, was to meet Saturday morning with members of the political party of Burkina Faso's ex-President Blaise Compaore, the longtime ruler whose ouster in an uprising last year gave way to a political transition to guide the country to elections next month. That process was derailed when it was announced Thursday that Gen. Gilbert Diendere had seized power, a move condemned by former colonial power France, the United States, the United Nations and the African Union, which suspended the country Friday. "There is a critical lack of dialogue among actors, and this will negatively affect national unity and cohesion," Sall warned in remarks late Friday night after a full day of meetings in the capital, Ouagadougou. Diendere, a former top Compaore aide, said Friday that he met with some members of the international community and was "considering meeting the different political parties very soon." But transition officials have insisted that the junta needs to leave.
