ADDIS ABABA, March 20 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) suspended Madagascar on Friday, adding to a growing chorus of disapproval after the Indian Ocean island's military appointed a young opposition leader as president earlier this week.

"The council is of the opinion that what occurred in Madagascar enters the definition of unconstitutional change of government," said Burkina Faso's Ambassador Bruno Nongoma Zidouemba, the Chairman of the AU's peace and security council.

"The council then decided to suspend the participation of Madagascar to the bodies and organs of the AU."

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