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Guinea Coup – the Fall of Alpha Condé

Guinea Coup – the Fall of Alpha Condé

Guinea's political order has been thrown into chaos by Mamady Doumbouya, a special forces lieutenant-colonel who has seized power.

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post-Condé world
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Guinea: Confiscated passports, no revenge…details from the first meeting

On Monday, 24 hours after overthrowing president Alpha Condé, Mamady Doumbouya and his men summoned former government members to a meeting. No one missed it. Former Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana was present, as was former Minister of Defense Mohamed Diané, and former Secretary-General of the Presidency, Kiridi Bangoura. Not even the former government spokesman, Tibou Kamara was left out - all had responded to the summons served the day before...not that they had much choice.

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inside track
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Guinea: The secret story behind the fall of President Alpha Condé

Following Guinea's coup d'etat on 5 September led by Mamady Doumbouya, the regional bloc ECOWAS has just announced its suspension. A high-level mission will be sent over to evaluate the situation before any further decisions are made. But in the aftermath of the coup, there are questions that stand out: Why was it so easy to capture President Alpha Condé? Why did he ignore everyone’s warnings about Doumbouya? And where does Conakry’s new master really come from?

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