Guinea opposition demands return to civilian rule

By NP admin | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Guinea opposition demands return to civilian rule
The military took over in a coup last year

Guinea's main opposition leader says more than 100 of the country's political parties will present a joint demand for a return to civilian rule to the military junta that seized power in September.

Cellou Dalein Diallo told a news conference that the Collective of Political Parties had agreed a timetable for a political transition.

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is demanding elections within six months.

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It suspended Guinea from the regional bloc after President Alpha Condé was deposed in a coup nearly four months ago.

On Monday the United States dropped Guinea, along with Ethiopia and Mali, from a Africa trade preference agreement over human rights concerns.

Source: BBC 

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