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The 2021 Guinean coup d'état attempt is the ongoing military coup attempt in Guinea on 5 September 2021. It has resulted in the capture of President Alpha Condé, after gunfire in the capital Conakry.[1] Intensive fire was reported to start at around 8:00 local time around the Presidential Palace.[2] While a statement released earlier in the day said an attack on the palace had been repelled,[3] photos were released purporting to show the President being taken away.[2] A video was released shortly thereafter by the coup plotters, who showed Condé in captivity.[4] Lieutenant colonel Mamady Doumbouya, commander of the country's special forces, was reported to be behind the coup.[2] The military have announced they suspended the constitution, disbanded the government and its institutions, and closed all borders.[3][5][6]
Background
Alpha Condé was first elected as the president of Guinea in 2010.[7][8] He was re-elected in 2015. The country has a two-term presidential limit, but the 2020 constitutional referendum included a provision extending the length of terms and allowed Condé to "reset" his term limit and seek two more terms.[9] Both the constitutional referendum and the 2020 presidential election were followed by protests against Condé.[10]
Coup attempt
Videos were posted of Condé being held by members of the Guinean military on the morning of 5 September 2021 following gunfire in the area around the Presidential Palace.[11][12][13]
A Western diplomat told The Daily Telegraph that the attack was provoked by the government trying to dismiss a senior member of the country's special forces.[12]
The lieutenant colonel Mamady Doumbouya issued a broadcast on state television in which he said the government had been dissolved and Guinea's borders had been closed.[13] Doumbouya has been reported to be the instigator of the coup attempt.[14] Doumbouya is a former French legionnaire who returned to Guinea in 2018 to take command of the Groupement des forces spéciales (Special Forces Group), an elite unit of the Guinean armed forces.[15] The soldiers called themselves the National Committee of Gathering and Development.[16]
The ministry of defence said that the attack had been contained.[16] Soldiers released a video showing Condé in captivity.[17][18]
See also
References
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- ↑ Army colonel on Guinean TV says govt dissolved, borders shut. In: AP NEWS. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ a b c Guinée : Alpha Condé arrêté par les putschistes – Jeune Afrique. In: JeuneAfrique.com. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (fr-fr).
- ↑ a b Soldiers say Guinea constitution, gov't dissolved in apparent coup. In: Reuters. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ Guinea coup leader says president 'taken' and govt 'dissolved'. In: AFP. via Africanews, 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ Guinea capital Conakry rocked by reports of coup attempt In: BBC News, 5. September 2021 (britisches Englisch).
- ↑ Tentative de coup d'Etat en Guinée, des putschistes affirment détenir le président Alpha Condé In: Le Monde.fr, 5. September 2021 (französisch).
- ↑ Youssouf Bah, Danielle Paquette: Guinea's president is detained in apparent military takeover In: The Washington Post, 5. September 2021
- ↑ editing: BREAKING: Fear Of Military Coup Hits Guinea As Heavy Gunfire Is Reported Near Presidential Palace. In: Sahara Reporters. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021.
- ↑ Guinea elections: Alpha Condé wins third term amid violent protests In: BBC News, 24. Oktober 2020. Abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (britisches Englisch).
- ↑ Guinea: At least 50 people killed with impunity during protests in less than a year. In: Amnesty International. 1. Oktober 2020, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ Guinée : Alpha Condé arrêté par les putschistes – Jeune Afrique. In: JeuneAfrique.com. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (fr-fr).
- ↑ a b Our Foreign Staff: Guinea rocked by 'attempted coup' after gunfire heard at presidential palace In: The Telegraph, 5. September 2021 (britisches Englisch).
- ↑ a b Army colonel on Guinean TV says govt dissolved, borders shut. In: AP NEWS. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ Saliou Samb and Bate Felix: Guinea soldiers say they have taken over. In: Newcastle Herald. 6. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (australisches Englisch).
- ↑ Guinée : Alpha Condé arrêté par les putschistes – Jeune Afrique. In: JeuneAfrique.com. 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (fr-fr).
- ↑ a b Saliou Samb and Bate Felix: Guinea soldiers say they have taken over. In: The Canberra Times. 6. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (australisches Englisch).
- ↑ Guinea coup leader says president 'taken' and govt 'dissolved'. In: AFP. via Africanews, 5. September 2021, abgerufen am 5. September 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ Our Foreign Staff: Guinea rocked by 'attempted coup' after gunfire heard at presidential palace In: The Telegraph, 5. September 2021 (britisches Englisch).