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Faced with a real threat of military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a Nigerien delegation, led by the new chief of staff of the armed forces, General Moussa ...

FILE PHOTO: Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya, who ousted President Conde, walks out after meeting the envoys from ECOWAS about the Guinea crisis to discuss ways steer the country back toward ...

STORY: Voters in Guinea have overwhelmingly backed a new post-coup constitution that could see the country’s military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, run for president. That's something he vowed not to do ...

Africa has experienced a wave of coups and military takeovers over the past five years, creating an unstable political ...

Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya was widely expected to throw his hat into the ring [AFP via Getty Images] The military commander who has ruled Guinea since a coup four years ago has entered the ...

Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020.

(Corrects paragraph four of November 10 story to state that presidential term is now seven (not five) years) CONAKRY (Reuters ...

Guinea’s coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya will be sworn in as interim president today, the authorities say. Doumbouya will be sworn at the Mohammed V conference centre in the capital Conakry on ...

Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya officially entered Guinea’s presidential race Monday, submitting his candidacy for the December 28 elections that are meant to restore constitutional order following the ...

Guinea's military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, has formally submitted his candidacy for the December 28 presidential election, breaking an earlier promise to hand power to a civilian government. The ...