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Transition: what's next after the coup?
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

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Transition: 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.

Transition: what's next after the coup?
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

Guinea
Mamadi Doumbouya fine-tunes his Central Africa diplomacy

The junta leader has been cosying up to the presidents of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon but keeping his distance from his Congolese counterpart, concerned about Sassou's ties with his predecessor Alpha Condé.

Mamadi Doumbouya arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York City, 21 September 2023.
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Mamadi Doumbouya arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York City, 21 September 2023.

Guinea
Junta leader's island dream delays Guinea mining conference

The eighth edition of the Symposium des Mines de Guinée, which was last held in 2022, had been due to take place last month. But the mining conference was postponed and Guinea now apparently plans to hold it next April or May.

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Guinea
Guinea's consul in Los Angeles joins forces with Irish lawyer to lure investors

Jordan Garcia and Peter Finan are looking for US and Canadian investment funds interested in acquiring stakes in mining projects in Guinea.

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Guinea
Former PM Lansana Kouyaté looks to Washington for support

A potential candidate for the upcoming presidential elections in the country, the former head of the Guinean government Lansana Kouyaté has enlisted the services of US lobbyist Hank Sheinkopf.

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Guinea
Moscow wants to invite more Guinean officers to its academies

New quotas, yet to be finalised following talks between Russia and Guinea's defence ministries, could be accompanied by an enhanced training offer with a focus on counter-terrorism.

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In Focus | Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

The Guinean junta is keeping up pressure on the gold group owned by Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov to get payment of a $200m debt. But the billionaire still has strong connections within the local mining sector, enabling Nordgold to continue to export gold to Dubai in breach of Western sanctions.

Illustrated by Julien Pacaud.
LogoSubscribers only Mining 08.04.2024
Illustrated by Julien Pacaud.

Spotlight | Guinea
Doumbouya pursues international lobbying campaign to extend transition period

The Guinean government has been quietly sounding out Western partners about a potential extension to the transition period. It is scheduled to terminate at the end of 2024, but could be renewed for a further year.

Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City on 21 September 2023.
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Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City on 21 September 2023.

Guinea
Robert Friedland reorganises his Nimba project ahead of possible sale to Jindal

American-Canadian mining magnate Robert Friedland no longer believes that he can complete the Nimba iron ore mining project being carried out by his High Power Exploration (HPX) group and its local subsidiary, Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée.

LogoSubscribers only Mining 10.05.2023

Guinea
From Istanbul, Alpha Condé disrupts his party's plans

The ousted president did not warn his Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée party when he made a recent bid to remobilise his supporters. Some party bigwigs are annoyed at the move as it jeopardised their own attempts to discreetly revive the erstwhile leading political movement.

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Inner circles | Guinea
Junta leader Doumbouya keeps close eye on flourishing state-owned Soguipami

The revenues of the company that manages the state's mining interests have increased significantly, particularly in the bauxite sector, and it is now directly selling some of the minerals it extracts, in particular to the Chinese.

A bauxite factory at Kamsar in Guinea.
Free access Mining, Commodity traders 10.03.2023
A bauxite factory at Kamsar in Guinea.

Guinea
Junta helps Barry Angola to jettison his Emirati bauxite partner

Businessman Thierno Madiou Barry has received support from the Ministry of Mines to oust his partner Butti Mohamed al-Qubaisi, despite the intervention of the Abu Dhabi ambassador. However, the new partners Barry claims to have found - Citibank, CRCC and CECC - have not yet formalised their support for his gigantic mining project.

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Guinea
Who provided Doumbouya with his new presidential jet?

Rumours still abound in Guinea about the aeroplane that received a warm welcome from the military junta when it landed on 20 December in Conakry. The aircraft's owner has not been officially named but clues suggest it belongs to the Indian conglomerate Jindal Steel & Power, which has bases in Africa.

Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya took delivery of the plane at Ahmed-Sékou-Touré airport on 20 December 2022.
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Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya took delivery of the plane at Ahmed-Sékou-Touré airport on 20 December 2022.

Guinea
MEP Marie Arena scrutinises human rights in Guinea

The MEP Marie Arena is considering an emergency resolution on human rights violations allegedly committed in Guinea by the junta led by Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya.

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Guinea
Bpifrance moves further into Guinea

The public investment bank is working with the transitional authorities to advance several projects, including the supply of a system to secure the country's airspace, designed by the defense giant Thales.

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Guinea, West Africa
ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries.

LogoSubscribers only Politics 03.10.2022

Guinea
Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

Morissanda Kouyaté recently travelled to New York and Washington for the United Nations General Assembly. The foreign minister made the most of his trip to boost Conakry's ties with a number of Gulf countries and improve its fraught relationship with the Biden administration.

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Guinea
Doumbouya tightens his diplomatic belt

The leader of the transition recently tasked his foreign minister with reviewing the performance of Guinea's diplomatic representatives abroad, his aim being to improve the efficiency of the country's embassies.

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Guinea, Liberia
Robert Friedland hits pause button in Guinea, Liberia

The US-Canadian mining magnate is grappling with political uncertainty in Monrovia and Conakry. While waiting for things to settle down, he has suspended most of his works and has put hundreds of employees on standby.

LogoSubscribers only Mining 20.09.2022

Guinea
Beijing triggers new dynamic at Simandou

The creation of Beijing's new iron ore purchasing arm, China Mineral Resources Group, led by Baowu Steel executives, is likely to entail changes for Chinese state firms involved in the two consortiums that own the colossal Guinean deposit.

LogoSubscribers only Mining 15.09.2022

Guinea
Doumbouya treads fine line with massacre of 28 September trial

The president of the Guinean transition has pledged that the oft-postponed trial relating to the terrible repression of 2009 will finally take place by this September. A decision that contrasts with the favourable treatment reserved by the transitional authorities for Colonel Claude Pivi and former president Moussa Dadis Camara.

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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.

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