Guinea junta - The African Mirror

Feb

21

2024

Guinea junta temporarily dissolves government, presidency says

GUINEA'S self-appointed military leaders have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one, the presidency's secretary general said in a filmed statement. The West African country has been under military rule since a junta seized power in a September 2021 coup. The region's main economic and political bloc, ECOWAS, has been pressuring the junta, one of several in West Africa, to hold elections within an acceptable delay and restore civilian rule. Both parties agreed on a 24-month transition timeline in October 2022. The presidency's secretary general, Amara Camara, unexpectedly announced on Monday that the government had been dissolved. Without providing a…

Sep

15

2021

By The African Mirror

Guinea junta starts transition talks

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The junta that ousted Guinea's President Alpha Conde last week has started a week-long consultation with political, religious, and business leaders that it says will lead to the formation of a transitional government. The dialogue, which began with a meeting with leaders of the main political parties on Tuesday, is expected to lay out the framework of a promised government of national unity that would lead Guinea back to constitutional order. The talks are expected to define the duration of the transition, what political and institutional reforms are needed before elections, and who will lead the transition. The coup led…

Sep

14

2021

By The African Mirror

Guinea junta starts transitional government talks following coup

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The junta that ousted Guinea's President Alpha Conde last week has started a week-long consultation with political, religious, and business leaders that it says will lead to the formation of a transitional government. The dialogue, which began with a meeting with leaders of the main political parties on Tuesday, is expected to lay out the framework of a promised government of national unity that would lead Guinea back to constitutional order. The talks are expected to define the duration of the transition, what political and institutional reforms are needed before elections, and who will lead the transition. The coup led…

Sep

11

2021

By The African Mirror

Regional envoys meet Guinea junta

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SALIOU SAMB A delegation from West Africa's main political and economic bloc has met Guinea's ousted president Alpha Conde and members of the junta that overthrew him, hoping to steer the country back toward a civilian-led, constitutional regime. Conde, who had been in power since 2010, has been detained by the junta, the National Rally and Development Committee (CNRD), since it staged the coup last Sunday. "We met the members of the CNRD. We also met the former head of state," Jean-Claude Brou, the president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission, told reporters in the capital…

Sep

07

2021

By The African Mirror

Guinean political prisoners freed, amid talks

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SALIOU SAMB GUINEA'S military leaders have freed scores of political prisoners before a meeting of West African leaders to discuss their response to Sunday's coup that ousted President Alpha Conde. At least 80 political prisoners detained by Conde were released on Tuesday evening. Some had campaigned against his attempt to stay in power for a third term after altering the constitution to permit it, a move opponents said was illegal. West African countries have threatened sanctions following Conde's overthrow and a regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), was due to convene a virtual summit on Wednesday.…