Mamady Doumbouya, the colonel who led the coup, told the visiting delegation that “it was important for ECOWAS to listen to the legitimate aspirations of the people of Guinea”… Guinea’s ruling junta has ruled out exile for detained former president Alpha Conde and said transition towards civilian rule would be done in accordance with “the … Read more
Our platform has obtained more about the background of the meeting between ousted President Alpha Condé and the ECOWAS mission, made up of Foreign Ministers Robert Dussey (Togo), Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (Ghana), Alpha Barry (Burkina), and de Jean Claude Brou, the chairman of the organizing committee. According to our investigations at EkohotBlog, the former President … Read more
Regional bloc ECOWAS convened an extraordinary virtual summit to discuss the turmoil in Guinea on Wednesday West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a recent coup in the country, Burkinabe Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said Wednesday after a virtual crisis summit. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will also send … Read more
…incumbent President Alpha Conde who has been in office since December 2010, was said to have been arrested by the soldiers. The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned what it describes as an apparent coup d’état in the Republic of Guinea. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Esther Sunsuwa, made the position … Read more