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🇬🇳 Stop lecturing us, Guinea junta leader told defending the coup in his country
Guinea's junta leader, Col Mamady Doumbouya, has said the Western model of democracy does not work in Africa, as he defended the use of military intervention.
He told the UN General Assembly in New York that the continent was suffering from a “model of governance that has been imposed on us” and which was “having trouble adapting to our reality".
“It is time to stop lecturing us and stop treating us with condescension like children,” he added.
Col Doumbouya took power in a coup in 2021, ousting President Alpha Condé. He defended taking that action to the UN assembly saying it was "to save our country from complete chaos".
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Guinea's junta leader, Col Mamady Doumbouya, has said the Western model of democracy does not work in Africa, as he defended the use of military intervention.
He told the UN General Assembly in New York that the continent was suffering from a “model of governance that has been imposed on us” and which was “having trouble adapting to our reality".
“It is time to stop lecturing us and stop treating us with condescension like children,” he added.
Col Doumbouya took power in a coup in 2021, ousting President Alpha Condé. He defended taking that action to the UN assembly saying it was "to save our country from complete chaos".
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🇬🇳 Guinea junta arrests 12 protesting journalists
Guinean security forces have arrested a dozen journalists who were demonstrating against alleged media censorship in the country, local media report.
Among those arrested in Monday's protests was the secretary-general of the Union of Professionals of the Press of Guinea (SPPG), Sekou Jamal Pendessa.
The union had called a march in the capital, Conakry, to demand that the authorities lift restrictions placed on a popular news website, Guineematin and to protest against other violations of press freedom.
Guineematin has reportedly been blocked in Guinea for the last two months.
Guinea’s ruling junta, which has banned protests since 2022, has not provided any explanation for the blockage.
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Guinean security forces have arrested a dozen journalists who were demonstrating against alleged media censorship in the country, local media report.
Among those arrested in Monday's protests was the secretary-general of the Union of Professionals of the Press of Guinea (SPPG), Sekou Jamal Pendessa.
The union had called a march in the capital, Conakry, to demand that the authorities lift restrictions placed on a popular news website, Guineematin and to protest against other violations of press freedom.
Guineematin has reportedly been blocked in Guinea for the last two months.
Guinea’s ruling junta, which has banned protests since 2022, has not provided any explanation for the blockage.
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🇬🇳 Gunfire heard from administrative centre of Guinean capital
Military vehicles and special forces were seen on the streets of the Guinean capital on Saturday as the sound of gunfire rattled out from and nearby the administrative centre, the Kaloum peninsula.
They said the shots were first heard around 4 a.m. local time on Saturday after which security was tightened on the streets of Conakry and the entrance to Kaloum was blocked.
The presidential palace and other official administrative buildings are in Kaloum and it is also where the former head of the 2008 military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, is imprisoned along with other soldiers.
Guinea is governed by military leader Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in a coup in 2021.
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Military vehicles and special forces were seen on the streets of the Guinean capital on Saturday as the sound of gunfire rattled out from and nearby the administrative centre, the Kaloum peninsula.
They said the shots were first heard around 4 a.m. local time on Saturday after which security was tightened on the streets of Conakry and the entrance to Kaloum was blocked.
The presidential palace and other official administrative buildings are in Kaloum and it is also where the former head of the 2008 military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, is imprisoned along with other soldiers.
Guinea is governed by military leader Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in a coup in 2021.
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🇬🇳 Gunfire heard from administrative centre of Guinean capital Military vehicles and special forces were seen on the streets of the Guinean capital on Saturday as the sound of gunfire rattled out from and nearby the administrative centre, the Kaloum peninsula.…
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🇬🇳 Some people on social media suggest that it is an attempt of coup d'état. Other say that unidentified armed men try to help toppled president Moussa Dadis Camara escape from prison.
Africa Intel suggests not to draw preliminary conclusions and observe the situation.
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Africa Intel suggests not to draw preliminary conclusions and observe the situation.
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⚡️🇬🇳 Former Guinean leader Dadis Camara escapes from prison
Gunmen stormed the main prison in Guinea's capital early Saturday and freed former dictator Moussa “Dadis” Camara, the country's justice minister said, announcing the closure of the West African nation's borders.
The announcement by Justice Minister Charles Alphonse Wright came several hours after heavy gunfire erupted in the Kaloum district of the capital, Conakry.
Among the others who escaped were Claude Pivi and Blaise Goumou, Wright said.
“We will find them. And those responsible will be held accountable,” Wright told.
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Gunmen stormed the main prison in Guinea's capital early Saturday and freed former dictator Moussa “Dadis” Camara, the country's justice minister said, announcing the closure of the West African nation's borders.
The announcement by Justice Minister Charles Alphonse Wright came several hours after heavy gunfire erupted in the Kaloum district of the capital, Conakry.
Among the others who escaped were Claude Pivi and Blaise Goumou, Wright said.
“We will find them. And those responsible will be held accountable,” Wright told.
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🇬🇳 Guinea junta temporarily dissolves government, presidency says
Guinea's military leaders have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one, the presidency's secretary general said in a statement on Monday.
Guinea has been under military rule since a junta seized power in a September 2021 coup.
The presidency's secretary general, Amara Camara, unexpectedly announced on Monday that the government had been dissolved.
Without providing a reason for the move, he said that directors of cabinet, secretary generals and their deputies would be in charge until a new government was formed.
The effects of the dissolution will depend on the new government formed.
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Guinea's military leaders have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one, the presidency's secretary general said in a statement on Monday.
Guinea has been under military rule since a junta seized power in a September 2021 coup.
The presidency's secretary general, Amara Camara, unexpectedly announced on Monday that the government had been dissolved.
Without providing a reason for the move, he said that directors of cabinet, secretary generals and their deputies would be in charge until a new government was formed.
The effects of the dissolution will depend on the new government formed.
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🇬🇼🇻🇪 Guinea-Bissau police seize over 2 tons of cocaine on plane from Venezuela
Police in Guinea-Bissau have seized 2.63 tons of cocaine found on an airplane that arrived from Venezuela in the West African country's capital, the judicial police said.
Agents confiscated 78 bales of drugs that were smuggled in on a Gulfstream IV aircraft during a raid on Saturday afternoon at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the police said in a statement.
The aircraft's entire crew of five, including the pilot, was arrested. They included two Mexican nationals as well as citizens of Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.
The detainees will appear before a regional court on Monday for interrogation, the statement said.
Police said the raid, codenamed "Operation Landing", was carried out in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre-Narcotics.
Drug smugglers often use West African countries as a transit point to ship cocaine from South America to Europe. The seizure at the weekend is one of the biggest recorded in recent years.
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Police in Guinea-Bissau have seized 2.63 tons of cocaine found on an airplane that arrived from Venezuela in the West African country's capital, the judicial police said.
Agents confiscated 78 bales of drugs that were smuggled in on a Gulfstream IV aircraft during a raid on Saturday afternoon at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the police said in a statement.
The aircraft's entire crew of five, including the pilot, was arrested. They included two Mexican nationals as well as citizens of Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.
The detainees will appear before a regional court on Monday for interrogation, the statement said.
Police said the raid, codenamed "Operation Landing", was carried out in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre-Narcotics.
Drug smugglers often use West African countries as a transit point to ship cocaine from South America to Europe. The seizure at the weekend is one of the biggest recorded in recent years.
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