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Guinean President Dissolves Country's Transitional Government

© AFP 2023 CELLOU BINANIGuinea junta leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, raises his hand at his swearing in ceremony as president of country transion on October 1, 2021 in Conakry.
Guinea junta leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, raises his hand at his swearing in ceremony as president of country transion on October 1, 2021 in Conakry.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 20.02.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - In September 2021, Colonel Mamady Doumbouy, who led Guinea's elite special forces, announced the seizure of power and the arrest of President Alpha Condé. The military abolished the constitution and created decision-making bodies for the country's highest government. Doumbouy was sworn in as interim president in October 2022.
Guinea's transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, has dissolved the country's transitional government, the office of the president said on Monday.

"The President of the Republic … decrees: the government is dissolved; the management of current affairs will be carried out by the director of the cabinet, the secretary general and the deputy secretary general until the establishment of a new government," the office said on social media.

 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.11.2023
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On September 5, 2021, Doumbouya came to power through a coup in Guinea. The military dismissed the government, abrogated the constitution, and closed borders. Then-Guinean President Alpha Conde was arrested and, according to Doumbouya, placed in a safe place under military supervision.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Guinea's membership in the organization and demanded the president be released. Doumbouya was sworn in as transitional president by the Supreme Court on October 1 of that year, and pledged to remain committed to the country's sovereignty and to fulfill his functions in the interests of the Guinean people.
In January 2022, media reported that Guinea's provisional authorities had allowed Conde to leave the country under an agreement with ECOWAS.
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