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

Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya.
Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
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. [...] (463 words)
Issue dated 12/11/2021 Reading time 2 minutes

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The Minister of Mines Abdoulaye Magassouba (left) and his secretary-general, Saadou Nimaga. © Ministry of Mines and Geology of Guinea
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