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.
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.