The African Union has suspended Guinea after a military coup in the west African nation.
The AU said Guinea’s participation in the AU could only resume after constitutional order returned to the country.
Its suspension from the continental body had been expected since the military coup on 23 December.
Junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power after the death of long-serving president Lansana Conte, but the move by Captain Camara and his military backers drew international condemnation.
Guinea's temporary exclusion from the AU was decided during a meeting of the body's Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa.
The Council said coups only exacerbate Africa’s problems and it cannot tolerate such actions.
But with sentiment on the streets favouring the coup, any attempts at resistance melted and even the overturned government pledged loyalty to Mr Camara. By Friday nearly all political parties and unions were on board.
Guinea's President Conte died on 22 December at age 74, after ruling the west African nation for 24 years.
Coup leaders from the military then immediately announced the dissolution of the government. Over the weekend, Mr Camara said he had seized power to lead a crackdown on corruption and shut down all mining operations across the country.
More than a third of the world's bauxite reserves are in Guinea, making it the second-largest producer internationally after Australia and the world's biggest exporter.
It also has large reserves of gold, diamonds, iron and nickel, while uranium deposits were found at various sites in 2007.
