In a statement on television on Sunday morning, a group of military announced the seizure of power and the suspension of the constitution in Guinea, in West Africa.
The news is still fragmentary. According to Bloomberg, the announcement came just hours after an intense firefight broke out near the presidential palace in the capital. Conakry. The France-Presse agency reported that i coup leaders they arrested the president Alpha Conde.
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A colonel at the top
At the top of the military group behind the coup is an army colonel, Mamadi Doumbouya. Conde’s position was not immediately disclosed and Doumbouya made no mention of the 83-year-old president, whose popularity has plummeted since he tried to get elected for a third term. “The personalization of political life is over. We will no longer entrust politics to a man, we will entrust it to the people, ”Doumbouya said, adding that the land borders are closed.
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Conde’s parable
Conde was sworn in last December for a third term, making it one of his main objectives to fight corruption in the country at various levels. Alpha Conde came to power in 2010, also acclaimed for inaugurating the democratic government in Guinea 50 years after independence from France. However, the 83-year-old president has increasingly repressed his political rivals as the opposition against his government has grown. In 2011, he survived an assassination attempt after gunmen surrounded his home at night and hit his bedroom with rockets and grenades.