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

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

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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. [...]

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. [...]

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

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Transition: what's next after the coup?

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ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on 4 December in Abuja, which hosts the headquarters of the regional organisation, for their annual ordinary summit.

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Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

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Embaló tries to position himself as mediator between ECOWAS and coup plotters

Following the coup of 24 January, the Guinea-Bissau president would like to establish himself as the natural go-between for the regional organisation and the new strongmen in Ouagadougou.

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Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

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AU states battle for seats on powerful Peace and Security Council

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ECOWAS meeting on the 7th November 2021 at Accra.

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Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

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Internationally isolated putschists bank on Cardinal Sarah

Deprived of an official role and sidelined by Pope Francis, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, the former prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship, is engaging with the CNRD, which forcibly took over Conakry on 5 September.

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The secret agenda of ECOWAS heads of state in Accra for Guinea coup summit

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Screenshot of the extraordinary ECOWAS Heads of State and Government meeting on the situation in Guinea, 8 September 2021.

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African presidents discuss Alpha Condé's exile behind closed doors

Ahead of the diplomatic mission dispatched by ECOWAS to Conakry on September 10, secret negotiations over the departure of Guinea's president Alpha Condé, who is being held by the coup leaders, have been taking place.

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Chad
'Kaka' and Faki's cold war paralyses African Union

Relations between N'Djamena and the AU's Moussa Faki Mahamat are at such a low ebb that they are undermining the organisation's ability to deal with the crisis in Chad. Various initiatives are being studied to up the pressure on the junta, which has failed to amend controversial clauses of the charter serving as the rulebook for the 18-month transition period supposed to lead to a democratic future.

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

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

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

Spotlight | Senegal
Paris and Washington fret over Macky Sall's third-term ambitions

Algeria
Lobbyist Benabderrahmane's African network stretched from Libreville to Niamey

West Africa
ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

Guinea
Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

Africa, Europe
Groupe Agir Europe-Afrique puts positive spin on African elections

Burkina Faso
Embaló tries to position himself as mediator between ECOWAS and coup plotters

Africa
AU states battle for seats on powerful Peace and Security Council

Mali
New sanctions against Bamako on the agenda for 12 December Ecowas summit

Guinea
Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

Guinea
Internationally isolated putschists bank on Cardinal Sarah

Guinea
The secret agenda of ECOWAS heads of state in Accra for Guinea coup summit

Guinea
African presidents discuss Alpha Condé's exile behind closed doors

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'Kaka' and Faki's cold war paralyses African Union