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Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

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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.

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. [...] (600 words)

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Alassane Ouattara
Alpha Condé
Assimi Goita
BCEAO
Cellou Dalein Diallo
ECOWAS
Faure Gnassingbé
Ibn Chambas
Macky Sall
Mamadi Doumbouya
Mohamed
Nana Akufo-Addo
Sidya Touré
UEMOA
Union des forces démocratiques de Guinée

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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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.

GUINEA Diplomacy 13/12/2022

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

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.

IVORY COAST MALI Diplomacy 02/11/2022

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.

GUINEA WEST AFRICA Politics 03/10/2022

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.

GUINEA Diplomacy 25/07/2022

OIF sends a new delegation to Conakry

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

WEST AFRICA Diplomacy 07/07/2022

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post.

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

WEST AFRICA Diplomacy 01/07/2022

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

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.

GUINEA Diplomacy 01/07/2022

Conakry poised to accept Ibn Chambas as mediator?

A few weeks after announcing their intention to again appoint Mohamed Ibn Chambas as mediator for Guinea, ECOWAS foreign ministers are expected at their 3 July summit to reiterate this position

GUINEA MALI Energy Diplomacy 22/06/2022

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

The construction of the electricity interconnection between Guinea and Mali has been significantly slowed due to the African Development Bank's (ADB) decision in April to suspend its disbursements to Bamako.

Guinea's Minister of Mines Moussa Magassouba in front of a portrait of President Mamadi Doumbouya. © Twitter/Ministry of Mines and Geology of Guinea

Inner circles

GUINEA Mining 17/06/2022

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.

GUINEA Politics 14/06/2022

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Nana Akufo-Addo
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Diallo and Touré ponder their junta strategy from Abidjan

West African elections slow ECOWAS negotiations with junta in Conakry

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

Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

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ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

Conakry poised to accept Ibn Chambas as mediator?

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

Doumbouya maintains ever tighter grip on mining sector

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

Tension grows between Doumbouya and his prime minister

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

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Diallo and Touré ponder their junta strategy from Abidjan

West African elections slow ECOWAS negotiations with junta in Conakry

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

Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

OIF sends a new delegation to Conakry

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

Conakry poised to accept Ibn Chambas as mediator?

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

Doumbouya maintains ever tighter grip on mining sector

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

Tension grows between Doumbouya and his prime minister

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

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

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