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

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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. [...]

Namory Traoré inspects the Guinean National Gendarmerie. © Twitter @GnNationale

Sacked by the junta in October 2021, Namory Traoré, Alpha Condé's influential chief of staff from 2013 until the coup d'état, is expected to be appointed Guinea's ambassador to Morocco soon. [...]

Published on 06/04/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 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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Simmering tensions result in ousting of army chief Koulibaly

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Doumbouya tightens his diplomatic belt

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Former Guinean Prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana.

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Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

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

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Guinea's deposed president Alpha Condé, in 2017.

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

Guinea
Simmering tensions result in ousting of army chief Koulibaly

Guinea
Doumbouya tightens his diplomatic belt

Guinea
Ex-PM Ibrahima Fofana tools up to defend embezzlement charges

Guinea
Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

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

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

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