· Leaders from the West African bloc known as ECOWAS met in Accra, capital city of Ghana recently to discuss the political crisis in Guinea, which is dubbed as the most important issue in the region seeking an urgent solution
· The regional group’s leaders threatened the junta in Guinea with punitive actions including sanctions if the imprisonment of deposed President Alpha Conde is not released unconditionally
· Guinea’s coup leaders have set a number of conditions for releasing the deposed president
· The West African leaders are likely to consider sanctions, based on the report made by the delegation that visited Conakry recently
Leaders from the West African bloc known as ECOWAS met in Accra, capital city of Ghana recently to discuss the political crisis in Guinea, which is dubbed as the most important issue in the region seeking an urgent solution. The regional group’s leaders threatened the junta in Guinea with punitive actions including sanctions if the imprisonment of deposed President Alpha Conde is not released unconditionally. The deposed president has been detained at an undisclosed place since September 5, when the coup took place.
Guinea’s coup leaders have set a number of conditions for releasing the deposed president. The West African leaders are likely to consider sanctions, based on the report made by the delegation that visited Conakry recently.
Meanwhile in Conakry, Junta leaders will be meeting mining company representatives on the third day of a special summit to chart Guinea’s political future. In the meantime, Junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya has sought to reassure the country’s most vital economic sector that the political changes will not impact existing mining projects in the country. Guinea has the world’s largest reserves of bauxite. Conde last year pushed for a constitutional referendum to justify him running for a third term. He maintained that term limits no longer applied to him. Last year, he won the election for another term of five years. He came into power in 2010 as the first democratically elected president since its independence from France in 1958.
