Guinea

The West Africa regional grouping, ECOWAS, has placed an arms embargo on the military junta in Guinea.

The organisation accused the soldiers in power of "mass human rights violations" , when troops opened fire on anti-government protestors last month, leaving more than one hundred people dead, according to human rights groups.

The heads of state believe that one way to get Guinea to move towards a return to democracy is an arms embargo.

But what can such an initiative achieve?

BBC Focus on Africa's Hassan Arouni spoke to Dr Abdul Fatau Musa, Director of political affairs at ECOWAS.