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Guinea junta purges security services

This follows the ‘jailbreak’ of dictator Moussa Dadis Camara who said he was ‘kidnapped’

‘Freedom’: People celebrate in the streets with members of the armed forces after the arrest of Guinea’s president, Alpha Condé. (Cellou Binani/AFP)

How Alpha Condé overthrew Alpha Condé

Since the coup d’état, Guinea’s head of state has been in the custody of the military officers. But it was the president who was the primary architect of his own downfall

Supporters of main opposition candidate, Cellou Dalein Diallo stand on a van at a campaign rally in Conakry on October 14, 2020. – The president of Guinea, Alpha Conde is bidding for a third term in office with the Presidential elections to be held on October the 18th, defying critics who say he forced through a new constitution this year enabling him to sidestep two-term presidential limits. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)

We should not ignore Guinea’s constitutional coup

Citizens have for a year protested against the president seeking a third term in office despite a two-term limit. Many have been killed — and 90 more people died in this week’s…

Anger: People in Conakry protest against a possible change to the Constitution that could let the president seek a third term. (Reuters TV)

Civil unrest turns deadly in Guinea

Guinea’s response to the coronavirus has exacerbated the country’s existing fault lines

Anger: People in Conakry protest against a possible change to the Constitution that could let the president seek a third term. (Reuters TV)

Guinea opposition leaders jailed

Rights group criticised the ruling, saying “no one should be detained for having organised or called for a peaceful demonstration”.

Guinea’s President Alpha Condé may secure a third term in power if a proposed referendum to change the country’s Constitution in this regard is successful. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

Guinea’s Condé eyes third term

Even as Algeria and Sudan have rid themselves of their long-standing leaders, Guinea may be about to create a new president-for-life

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Guinea pleads for calm after 7 people die in post-election violence

Activists have erected barricades in several neighbourhoods in the capital, Conakry

Guinea’s supreme court confirms Conde election victory

Guinea’s Supreme Court confirmed early on Friday the election victory of opposition leader Alpha Conde who won with 52,52% of votes.

Guinea forces clash with protesters

Security forces in Guinea clashed with youths in Conakry on Monday as tensions mounted before the deadline for the announcement of poll results.

Guinea tightens security as it waits on new vote date

Guinea tightens security as it waits on new vote date

Guinea deployed extra security forces to parts of Conakry on Monday after a weekend of looting and rioting fuelled by a delay to its run-off election.

Delay envisaged in Guinea vote

Delay envisaged in Guinea vote

Two days short of the planned presidential election in Guinea, people were still waiting to know whether the poll will go ahead on Sunday.

Clashes in Guinea capital ahead of run-off vote

Supporters of Guinean presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo fought with police in the suburbs of the capital on Monday.

Guinea postpones presidential poll

Guinea on Wednesday postponed a presidential election run-off due in four days, casting doubt on the country’s bid to return to civilian rule.

Presidential rivals meet after Guinea bloodshed

The two rivals battling to become Guinea’s president scheduled talks on Monday to calm tensions after deadly clashes between their supporters.

Guinea voters turn page on 52 years of dictatorship

Four million Guineans vote on Sunday in the first democratic election in the West African nation.

Revenge killings sweep Guinea after protest crackdown

At least a dozen people have been murdered in Guinea over the past month in suspected revenge attacks after a government crackdown on protesters.

Guinea PM vows to cooperate with UN massacre probe

Guinea Prime Minister Kabine Komara has pledged to back a UN-led inquiry into a bloody crackdown on an opposition rally by security forces.

Guinea junta announces probe into deadly crackdown

Guinea’s ruling junta has appointed an independent commission to investigate a deadly crackdown on opposition protestors.

Soldiers accused of rape after Guinea massacre

Women caught up in a massacre of opposition protesters in Guinea alleged on Monday they had been raped by soldiers behind the bloodbath.

Guinea: A country blighted by its ‘sick army’

The Guinean army that turned a peaceful demonstration into a bloodbath is powerful and difficult to reform while it holds power, analysts say.