Guinea’s New Prime Minister, Mamadou Oury Bah. Guinea’s new Prime Minister, Mamadou Oury Bah, an economist and one-time opposition leader, who was sworn-in on February 27 takes office amidst protests triggered by high food costs and restrictions on internet access. Bah, a popular politician in Guinea known fondly as Bah Oury, appears to have recorded…
A cross-section of military officers announcing the dissolution of the Goumou-led interim government on national television. Guinea’s ruling National Council of the Rally for Development (CRND) has dissolved the interim government led by Prime Minister Bernard Goumou. This was announced by the General Secretary to the presidency of the Republic, General Amara Camara in a…
Reports from Guinea say gunmen stormed the main prison in Conakry, the capital of Guinea on Saturday, freeing 2008 coup leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara, who is under trial for the death of opposition supporters in 2009. He was taken along with three other high-ranking officers, including military figures Claude Pivi and Blaise Goumou. The duo…
Leader of Guinea’s military junta, Col. Mamady Doumbouya, rattled the audience at the 78th United Nations (UN) General Assembly as he defended the use of military intervention as a legitimate tool for change of government in Africa. Speaking at the ongoing General Assembly in New York, the Guinean leader called on western powers to stop…
The head of Guinea’s interim government, Mamady Doumbouya, has ordered foreign mining companies to build bauxite refineries to ensure fair revenue sharing, upsetting a long-standing arrangement that has seen most of the continent’s resources exported in the Raw Form and refined abroad. The Guinean interim government’s increasingly nationalistic approach to the mining sector, which comprises…
Accused Recants Prior Testimony The landmark trial of Guinea’s former president and 10 others, including former ministers, accused of responsibility for a massacre and rapes in a stadium, resumed on Monday, July 10, 2023, after being suspended for a month and a half. In one of the most brutal incidents in Guinea’s history, Guinean security forces opened fire on protestors during a peaceful…
Guinea’s opposition has also called for a investigation into this week’s killing of seven protesters and accused security forces of using excessive force. It wants the military junta to hand back power to civilians. On Wednesday, police in riot gear cracked down on demonstrators who threw rocks and burnt tires in the capital Conakry and…
30 MAY 2023 BY MATTHIAS RAYNAL, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN GUINEA In Guinea, eight months after the start of a historic trial, some lawyers – for both the defence and the victims – have never been paid. On 29 May, they went on strike. They are demanding legal aid, which the government refuses to pay. Read more.
With a results-based timeline for holding the authorities accountable, the transition agreement could deliver reform and stability. Military officers overthrew the regime of Alpha Condé on 5 September 2021, less than a year after the former Guinean president started a controversial third term. In response, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and African Union (AU)…
