The Comité national pour le rassemblement et le développement (CNRD) of Col Mamady Doumbouya whose tightly-knit 600-strong Special Forces is the heart of the regime is looking at the year ahead with confidence...
The arrival of Lt-Col Mamady Doumbouya in a coup d'état last September and his subsequent purge of the army top brass have made this trial possible...
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...
Regional leaders hope the deals with Mali and Burkina Faso might nudge the Guinean putchist Colonel Mamady Doumbouya – who seized power in September last year – into a climb-down...
Guinea's military government led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya since a putsch last September suspended construction work on the giant Simandou iron ore concession on 4 July after the companies working in the area failed to agree on a joint venture...
The Front national pour la défense de la constitution (FNDC) movement said on 13 May that the military regime led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya was 'confiscating power' and that its actions were 'illegal and illegitimate'...
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...
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It has benefited Colonel Mamady Doumbouya's immediate post-coup decision to reassure investors and allow the mining industry to continue uninterrupted...
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Guinean leader Col Mamady Doumbouya shrewdly consulted diverse politicians and interest groups pledging that he and fellow junta figures would be barred from standing in elections...
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The Guinean military regime of Col Mamady Doumbouya may also face sanctions if regional leaders conclude that like Mali it is trying to postpone a return to civil rule...
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On 27 December prime minister Mohamed Béavogui presented his government's roadmap back to civilian rule to Colonel Mamady Doumbouya who has ruled Guinea since a coup last September...
