The presidents of Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire Alpha Condé and Alassane Ouattara have been most vociferous in their hard line against Mali (AC Vol 61 No 17 The junta haggles on transition) and will not have taken kindly to remarks made by their counterpart from Guinea Bissau...
Regional presidents with the hawkish Alassane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea's Alpha Condé in the lead started out by demanding IBK's return backed by draconian sanctions the closure of all borders and the suspension of all trade links...
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It was said to be influenced by Alpha Condé and Alassane Ouattara the Presidents of Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire who are both standing for constitutionally questionable re-elections to third terms this year...
President Alpha Condé has held up his end of a secret bargain with Israeli mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz now that Conakry's prosecutors have dropped all bribery charges against officials and members of the entourage of Condé's late predecessor Lansana Conté...
President Alpha Condé got what he wanted: a 92% 'yes' vote in the constitutional referendum which was held on 22 March alongside a long overdue legislative election which the opposition boycotted...
Late on 28 February President Alpha Condé made an unexpected appearance on national television admitting he had been pressured into delaying the double poll he had called for 1 March...
In his New Year address to the nation President Alpha Condé confirmed his plans to submit a new constitution to a popular referendum...
Vol 60 No 24 |
- GUINEA
- LIBERIA
SMB-Winning is committing to construct President Alpha Condé's longed-for Trans-Guinean railway line connecting the Simandou deposit to Guinea's Atlantic ports near Conakry...
The idea that President Alpha Condé would get the required two-thirds parliamentary majority to change the constitution to allow him to seek a third term has always been far-fetched...
Despite lengthy mediation by Presidents Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana and Alpha Condé of Guinea under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States the government refused to budge on the constitutional amendments and the response of the opposition was to boycott the 2018 parliamentary elections...
