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Putsch casts more doubt on BSGR-Alpha Condé deal negotiated by Sarkozy

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

GUINEA

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. [...]

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Guinean president Alpha Condé. © Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The arrival of a military junta in Conakry opens a new stage, the outcome of which remains uncertain, in the saga of the 2019 agreement between Beny Steinmetz's group and Alpha Condé over the Simandou and Zogota iron ore projects. The deal was negotiated with the help of French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. [...] (469 words)

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