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Guinea
In Paris and Brussels, opposition leaders try to ply pressure on junta

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“Transition: what's next after the coup?”

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Transition: what's next after the coup?

The coup that ousted Alpha Condé on 5 September 2021 in Guinea has ushered in a period of instability, despite the putschists' reassuring words from the start. There is much at stake over the coming months as leaders jostle for power and political alliances take shape, and pressing questions over the mining industry and international partnerships come to the fore. [...]

Guinean opposition leaders Cellou Dalein Diallo (left) and Sidya Touré. © Cellou Dalein Diallo/Sidya Touré/Twitter

Opposition leaders Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sidya Touré each made separate trips to Europe last week to make their voices heard and garner support for their efforts aiming to influence the transition process initiated by the junta in Guinea. They met with the authorities in France and Belgium. [...]

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Guinea
In Paris and Brussels, opposition leaders try to ply pressure on junta

Guinea
Fall family facilitate Cellou Dalein Diallo's visit to New York

Guinea
Opposition leaders meet behind closed doors to prepare face-off against junta

Guinea
Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

Guinea
Junta making slow work of installing post-Condé ambassadorial line-up

Guinea
The dream team behind Cellou Diallo's media campaign

Africa
The African adventures of Anne-Sophie Bradelle, Macron's new international spin doctor

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Alpha Conde sitting pretty ahead of October poll

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