“Serious decisions”: West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup
Dakar, Senegal Reuters West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to pressure the junta leaders to return the country to constitutional rule, Ghana’s foreign minister said. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the putsch that overthrew President Alpha […]
“Unattainable power”: the frustrations that drove Guinea’s coup leader
Dakar, Senegal Reuters In 2016, Mamady Doumbouya, a commander in the Guinean army, asked his superiors if he could have ammunition to train his troops in marksmanship. He never received it, he said, because they feared he would use the rounds to launch a coup. Five years on, Doumbouya did just that. Prime Minister of […]
Elite Guinea army unit says it has toppled President
Conakry, Guinea Reuters Special forces soldiers appeared on Sunday to have ousted Guinea’s long-serving President, telling the nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air borders. As the United Nations condemned any takeover by force and the West African region’s economic bloc threatened reprisals, the elite army unit’s head, […]
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Witchcraft beliefs blamed for halting drive to end FGM in Guinea
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Belief in witchcraft is hampering efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation in Guinea where almost all girls are cut, campaigners said on Tuesday. Aminata Bah, who underwent FGM at the age of five, said many people in the West African country believed traditional circumcisers had supernatural powers and girls feared being […]
Guinea risks “conflict and confusion” with mining eviction policy
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Civil society groups rejected Guinea’s first policy seeking to protect people displaced by mines and dams on Thursday, saying it would worsen poverty and conflict in the mineral-rich nation. Seven human rights and development organisations asked the government not to adopt the proposed national standards for relocating and compensating displaced communities, […]
Africa: Sectarian violence spirals in Guinea’s volatile south-east
The World Watch Monitor reports on ongoing violence in parts of the west African state of Guinea…