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After Guinea coup, regional leaders debate reaction to military junta behind closed doors

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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. [...]

Guinean President Alpha Condé. © Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Breaking news published on 05/09/21 at 7:40 p.m. - Less than 24 hours after the coup that ousted Alpha Conde, ECOWAS presidents started consulting with each other ahead of an extraordinary summit planned shortly to decide what stance to adopt on Guinea and whether or not to apply sanctions. [...]

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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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West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

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Beninese President Patrice Talon is to become head of the UEMOA.

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Embaló tries to position himself as mediator between ECOWAS and coup plotters

Following the coup of 24 January, the Guinea-Bissau president would like to establish himself as the natural go-between for the regional organisation and the new strongmen in Ouagadougou.

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Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

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African presidents discuss Alpha Condé's exile behind closed doors

Ahead of the diplomatic mission dispatched by ECOWAS to Conakry on September 10, secret negotiations over the departure of Guinea's president Alpha Condé, who is being held by the coup leaders, have been taking place.

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Coup stops Turkey's Africa push in its tracks

Turkey's diplomats have been hard-wired to reject military rule ever since the failed 2016 coup attempt in Ankara, but they now find themselves having to make pragmatic choices with Guinea's new leaders to maintain an air of influence.

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Turkish Ambassador to Guinea Volkan Türk Vural (left) during a meeting with Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana on 21 April 2021.

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Condé clique starts to rally Doumbouya

Since Alpha Condé was ousted, most of his officials seem willing to cooperate with the junta. But some officials, including those from the defence ministry, have gone further and appear to have given their full backing to Col Mamady Doumbouya.

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Guinea
Guinea Coup: Ouattara holds secret talks with junta leader Mamady Doumbouya

Breaking news published on 07/09/2021 at 10 a.m. - The president of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara spoke at length on the telephone with coup leader Mamady Doumbouya, who overthrew president Alpha Condé the day before.

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Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara spoke on 6 September with the head of Guinea's military junta Mamady Doumbouya.

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Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

The ousting of President Alpha Condé by Col Mamady Doumbouya has not, as yet, affected the country's mining operations. In company headquarters, mining executives are waiting for the junta's next moves and making plans to manage the transition.

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Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara.

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ECOWAS leaders to deliberate over Goita's military takeover

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Portuguese-speaking countries discreetly lobby for ECOWAS presidency

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Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his Cape Verdean counterpart Jorge Carlos Fonseca, 19 January 2021.

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Guinean opposition seeks help from French lawyers Klugman and Terel after wave of arrests

Patrick Klugman and Ivan Terel are to travel to Guinea this week to help an association of lawyers created by Cellou Dalein Diallo's UFDG party.

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Guinea
After Guinea coup, regional leaders debate reaction to military junta behind closed doors

West Africa
West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Burkina Faso
Embaló tries to position himself as mediator between ECOWAS and coup plotters

Burkina Faso, France
Ex-minister to become Kaboré's new ambassador in Paris

Guinea
African presidents discuss Alpha Condé's exile behind closed doors

Spotlight | Guinea, Turkey
Coup stops Turkey's Africa push in its tracks

Guinea
Condé clique starts to rally Doumbouya

Guinea
Guinea Coup: Ouattara holds secret talks with junta leader Mamady Doumbouya

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Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

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Guinean opposition seeks help from French lawyers Klugman and Terel after wave of arrests