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Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

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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. [...]

Morissanda Kouyaté recently travelled to New York and Washington for the United Nations General Assembly. The foreign minister made the most of his trip to boost Conakry's ties with a number of Gulf countries and improve its fraught relationship with the Biden administration. [...]

Published on 28.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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

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Ex-Nigerian president Mahamadou Issoufou.

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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
Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

Guinea
Doumbouya swells diplomatic ranks around the globe

Guinea
Doumbouya pressures Emirati firm GAC over alumina refinery

African Union, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali
AU chair Assoumani due in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Conakry

Guinea
UN reorganising in Conakry after resident coordinator's departure

Guinea
Guinean diplomats irked by Sidibe Fatoumata Kaba's posting as ambassador to the US

Guinea
In exile in Turkey, Alpha Conde keeps a hand in politics

Central African Republic
Washington and Paris prepare to renew MINUSCA mandate

United States
US diplomat Dana Banks to run US-Africa summit

Guinea
Junta making slow work of installing post-Condé ambassadorial line-up

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

Guinea
Conakry finds builder for southern bauxite export corridor