Members meeting in Paris "strongly condemned" the coup led by military strongman Assimi Goita on May 24 and suspended Mali's membership while maintaining cooperation programmes aimed at restoring democratic order, the organisation said in a statement.

The club also demanded that Mali appoint a civilian prime minister and "inclusive" government.

While La Francophonie is not itself a powerful body, the move is a sign of Mali's growing isolation.

The West African country has also been suspended from the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Goita last year led a first coup against elected president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, following mass protests over perceived corruption and a bloody jihadist insurgency.

After the takeover, the military agreed to appoint civilians as interim president and prime minister.

But in a move that provoked diplomatic uproar, soldiers last week detained transitional president Bah Ndaw and prime minister Moctar Ouane, releasing them on Thursday while saying that they had resigned.

Mali's constitutional court completed Goita's rise to full power on Friday by naming him transitional president.

President Emmanuel Macron warned in comments published Sunday that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it lurches towards radical Islamism following the coup.