musical chairs

Guinea: Mamadi Doumbouya and Sadiba Koulibaly’s divorce is final

By Jeune Afrique

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Posted on May 26, 2023 10:11

Colonel Sadiba Koulibaly (L) and Colonel Mamady Doumbouya (R), coup leaders in Guinea. (©JA Montage: John Wessels/AFP/All rights reserved)
Colonel Sadiba Koulibaly (L) and Colonel Mamady Doumbouya (R), coup leaders in Guinea. (©JA Montage: John Wessels/AFP/All rights reserved)

In early May, the president of the Guinean transition abruptly dismissed his army’s chief of staff. This decision revealed the heavy tension at the highest levels of government, which could benefit a third man, Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, aka Idi Amin.

Sometimes a promotion can be a punishment. On 9 May, Sadiba Koulibaly, Guinea’s powerful army chief of staff, was appointed minister of urbanism, housing and territorial development, responsible for the recovery of looted state property, replacing Brigadier-General Ibrahima Sory Bangoura, who was subsequently offered the leadership of the Guinean army.

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