Coup d’etat in Guinea – Military detains president, dissolves government
Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in the poor west African country. In a video sent to AFP, military officers said: "We have decided, after having taken the president, to dissolve the constitution." The officer also said that Guinea's land and air borders had been shut and the government dissolved.
The military of Guinea detained President Alpha Conde on Sunday, September 5, 2021, after hours of heavy fighting between the soldiers and presidential guards.
The country's borders were closed and its constitution was declared invalid in the announcement read aloud on state television by army Col. Mamadi Doumbouya, who told Guineans: "The duty of a soldier is to save the country." "We will no longer entr...