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Transition in Guinea: what's next after the coup? 

The coup that ousted Alpha Condé on 5 September 2021 in Guinea has ushered in a period of instability, despite the putschists' reassuring words from the start. There is much at stake over the coming months as leaders jostle for power and political alliances take shape, and pressing questions over the mining industry and international partnerships come to the fore. [...]
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo (left) and his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara (right) meet the putschists during an ECOWAS mission to Guinea on 17 September 2021.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo (left) and his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara (right) meet the putschists during an ECOWAS mission to Guinea on 17 September 2021. © @PresidenceCI/Twitter
Mining 12/11/2021

Junta leader Doumbouya forms government but retains tight control of mining sector 

Having arrived in power after staging a coup against Alpha Condé, Mamady Doumbouya has now put the finishing touches to his government. But the mining portfolio, the most important in the country, has been divested of some its key prerogatives, ensuring that the junta leader remains in firm control of the engine room of the Guinean economy. [...]
Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya.
Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
Business Investments funds 02/11/2021

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas 

After breaking off its alliance with Moroccan royal holding Al Mada earlier this year, Caterpillar machinery distributor in Africa JA Delmas is in talks with ex-banker Jean-Luc Konan's Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina) over opening up its capital. [...]
Banker Jean-Luc Konan, founder of the Ivorian financial holding Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina).
Banker Jean-Luc Konan, founder of the Ivorian financial holding Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina). © Facebook/Bovoyagefelix

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