There are no military or insurgent threats and since the junta's men were mainly used by President Alpha Condé as public order troops they have little to fear from the street...
Human rights groups and victims' associations have welcomed the trial made possible by the removal of former president Alpha Condé who protected some of the main suspects (including Tiegboro) as they were part of his security system (AC Vol 53 No 4 Condé takes on the army and opposition)...
It was no coincidence that the Front nationale pour la défense de la constitution chose 5 September the day of the first anniversary of the coup that toppled President Alpha Condé to stage another demonstration against the military junta of Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya...
The FNDC - which organised street protests against deposed President Alpha Condé after he changed the constitution to stand for a third term – says that the junta is acting in violation of its own Transitional Charter the road map for the return to democratic rule...
Most prominent among them are three minsters who have been in prison since early April: Ibrahim Kassory Fofana the last Prime Minister under ousted President Alpha Condé; former Defence Minister Mohamed Diané whose row with Colonel Mamady Doumbouya constituted the genesis of the 5 September coup (AC Vol 62 No 18 Sidelined legionnaire grabs the reins); and former Environment Minister Oyé Guilavogui...
They are accused of helping Presidents Faure Gnassingbé of Togo and Alpha Condé of Guinea in their election campaigns in 2010 in return for special favours in their country's major ports...
This is documented in evidence from the French prosecutor's investigation of Bolloré's alleged bribery of Faure in 2010 and the Guinean President Alpha Condé...
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In Guinea ousted President Alpha Condé had engineered a third term which cost him his job...
Guinea's exports to the USA came to just US$9 million in 2019 and the relationship with China became much stronger under Alpha Condé the President that Doumbouya overthrew...
One month into the coup that removed President Alpha Condé from power Guinea's new military leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya is keeping everyone guessing as to how a new government will look...
Two coups in Mali in less than 10 months a failed putsch on the eve of the inauguration of Niger's President in April and now the overthrow of Alpha Condé in Guinea (AC Vol 62 No 18 Sidelined legionnaire grabs the reins)...
With President Alpha Condé detained and reportedly willing to die rather than resign the CNRD has started talking to opposition leaders including former prime ministers Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sidya Touré...
HOW GEOPOLITICS PLAYS OUT IN GUINEA'S MINES China's condemnation of the coup in Guinea and demands for Alpha Condé's release breaks with its usual reluctance to speak out on internal politics and its declared policy of non-interference...
