The U.N. Security Council has yet to condemn the military takeover in Burkina Faso last month or call it a coup, rather it’s adopting a weak statement expressing “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in the West African nation, a newswire service Associated Press (AP), has observed. 

AP says a statement by the U.N.’s most powerful body was in sharp contrast to the reactions of the African Union and the West African regional group, ECOWAS which both condemned the military’s Jan. 24 ouster of the elected government and suspended Burkina Faso.

The AU’s Peace and Security Council suspended Burkina Faso’ from “all AU activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country” while ECOWAS raised the possibility of sanctions against the country and called on the new rulers to propose a firm date for returning to democratic rule.

The coup came after months of growing frustration at the inability of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore’s government to stem a jihadist insurgency that has wracked the impoverished landlocked country of about 20 million people, killing thousands and displacing 1.5 million.. 

It is unclear what might change under the new junta, as the ill-equipped military has struggled to battle the jihadists linked to the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups.