West African regional bloc suspends Guinea's membership following a military coup, urging the military to restore constitution in order to avoid further action
The Guinean Special Forces arrive at the Palace of the People in Conakry on September 6, 2021, ahead of a meeting with the Ministers of the Ex-President of Guinea, Alpha Conde. Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on September 5, 2021
After the meeting, Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Alpha Barry, who participated, said that ECOWAS "has decided to suspend Guinea from all its decision-making bodies". Special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power in the West African state on Sunday and arrested President Alpha Conde, sparking international condemnation.
When faced with a similar predicament in Mali last year, ECOWAS imposed economic sanctions on the country, but lifted them after Mali's ruling military committed to restoring civilian rule.Public discontent in Guinea had been growing for months over a flatlining Covid-hit economy and the leadership of Conde, who became the first democratically elected president in 2010 and was re-elected in 2015.
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