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The key issues stopping Doumbouya's junta from letting Condé leave Guinea

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

Guinea

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. [...]

Guinea's deposed president Alpha Condé, in 2017. © Wu Hong/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Though member countries of ECOWAS once again demanded Alpha Condé be authorised to leave the country at its 12 December summit, Mamadi Doumbouya's junta is keeping him under house arrest as they look, among other issues, into his finances. [...]

Published on 16.12.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Doumbouya places Alpha Condé's former chief of staff as ambassador to Rabat

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Namory Traoré inspects the Guinean National Gendarmerie.

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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

Guinea
The key issues stopping Doumbouya's junta from letting Condé leave Guinea

Guinea
Rwanda's Aldira set to bag deal to build gold refinery in Conakry

Guinea
Bpifrance set to finalise Eiffage's €200m hospital contract

Congo, Guinea, Turkey
Sassou and Condé met inconspicuously in Turkey

Guinea
Conakry poised to accept Ibn Chambas as mediator?

Guinea
French foreign office Africa director met Mamadi Doumbouya in discreet tête à tête

Guinea, Morocco
Doumbouya places Alpha Condé's former chief of staff as ambassador to Rabat

Guinea
Paris quietly resumes military cooperation with Conakry

Guinea
Who's behind Condé's air ambulance ?

Guinea
Doumbouya seeks to claw back state assets on Conakry coast

Guinea
Food price hikes pose first test for putschist Doumbouya

In Focus | Guinea, Iran
Tehran hopes to capitalise on Doumbouya's isolation

Spotlight | Guinea
The coup and Covid-19 kill off TotalEnergies' exploration projects

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

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