The putsch that toppled Alpha Condé in Guinea


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On 5 September, an elite military unit, the Groupement des forces spéciales (GPS) seized power in Guinea, ending President Alpha Condé’s 11-year rule. Last year, Condé controversially passed amendments to the constitution that enabled him to win a third term in October 2020. The resentment towards Condé, 83, was deepening. Opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo backed the coup, calling it “a victory of our people and the failure of the dictatorial regime”. In the immediate aftermath of the coup, Guinea closed all of its land and air borders for a week, but pledged to honour all of its international agreements....