It appears a successful coup was plotted yesterday in Guinea-Conakry in which President Alpha Conde, 83, was arrested and the country’s constitution dissolved. Alpha Conde had been an opposition figure in Guinea for several years. Two years after the coup of 2008 Conde won elections. After serving two terms in office Conde stood for a third term in 2020 and won, much to the dislike of his countrymen. An article in CNN by ackground to the coup. Here is an excerpt:
A Guinean military officer broadcast a statement Sunday announcing that Guinea’s Constitution has been dissolved in an apparent coup.
“We will no longer entrust politics to a man. We will entrust it to the people. We come only for that; it is the duty of a soldier, to save the country,” Guinean army officer Mamady Doumbouya says in the video.
An adviser to President Alpha Conde told CNN that Conde is under arrest and that a coup has taken place in the West African country.
Read the full article here.
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