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Guinea, West Africa
Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

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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. [...]

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions. [...]

Published on 23/06/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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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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Alassane Ouattara public figure
Alpha Conde public figure
Assimi Goita public figure
BCEAO organisation
Cellou Dalein Diallo public figure
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Faure Gnassingbe public figure
Macky Sall public figure
Mamadi Doumbouya public figure
Nana Akufo-Addo public figure
UEMOA organisation
Union des Forces Democratiques de Guinee organisation
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Mohamed
Sidya Toure

Ivory Coast, Mali
Goïta calls on Ouattara to obtain financial support from BCEAO

Bamako is under economic pressure and is asking Abidjan for help in lifting certain measures imposed by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).

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Guinea
Diallo and Touré ponder their junta strategy from Abidjan

The opposition politicians Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sydia Touré have had a discreet meeting in the Ivorian capital and are continuing to push for a dialogue to be held with the junta outside Guinea. But they also have to contend with the manoeuvring of ousted president Alpha Condé, who is currently based in Istanbul.

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Guinea
West African elections slow ECOWAS negotiations with junta in Conakry

The Guinean junta wants to speed up talks with the West African regional organisation on a return to civilian rule in the hope that this will lead to more foreign aid. But it will have to be patient, as ECOWAS is currently focused on elections in Benin and Nigeria.

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ECOWAS leaders have since October been calling for the release of Guinean ministers jailed after president Alpha Condé was overthrown in a military coup. They again addressed the issue at the regional organisation's summit on 4 December in Nigeria.

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Ivory Coast, Mali
Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

The Malian junta sent a draft agreement to the Ivorian presidency at the end of October, which would have led to the release of 46 of the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako in July.

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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.

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OIF sends a new delegation to Conakry

The International Organisation of La francophonie (OIF) sent a an election and a constitutional expert to Conakry.

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New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

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Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022.

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The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders.

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Guinea, Mali
Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

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Inner circles | Guinea
Doumbouya maintains ever tighter grip on mining sector

Moussa Magassouba, appointed head of the Guinean Ministry of Mines and Geology after the September 2021 coup, coordinates the beating heart of Guinean economy. However, he has been subject to frequent criticism from both civil society organisations and members of the government.

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Guinea's Minister of Mines Moussa Magassouba in front of a portrait of President Mamadi Doumbouya.

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Mamadi Doumbouya public figure
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Ivory Coast, Mali Goïta calls on Ouattara to obtain financial support from BCEAO

Guinea Diallo and Touré ponder their junta strategy from Abidjan

Guinea West African elections slow ECOWAS negotiations with junta in Conakry

Guinea ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Ivory Coast, Mali Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

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Guinea OIF sends a new delegation to Conakry

West Africa New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

West Africa ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

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The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Guinea, West Africa
Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

Ivory Coast, Mali
Goïta calls on Ouattara to obtain financial support from BCEAO

Guinea
Diallo and Touré ponder their junta strategy from Abidjan

Guinea
West African elections slow ECOWAS negotiations with junta in Conakry

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Ivory Coast, Mali
Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

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

Guinea
OIF sends a new delegation to Conakry

West Africa
New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

West Africa
ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

Guinea
Conakry poised to accept Ibn Chambas as mediator?

Guinea, Mali
Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

Inner circles | Guinea
Doumbouya maintains ever tighter grip on mining sector

Guinea
Opposition leaders meet behind closed doors to prepare face-off against junta

Guinea
Tension grows between Doumbouya and his prime minister

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

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