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Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

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

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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. [...]

Ex-Nigerian president Mahamadou Issoufou. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

After having been in the running to be an African Union mediator in Chad last year, ex-Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou is again on a list of such names, this time for the role of ECOWAS special envoy to Guinea following the fall of Alpha Condé. [...] (454 words)

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