President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is current Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority has served notice the Republic of Guinea faces sanctions unless the country is resturned to constitutional order.
In a terse message condeming the weekend’s coup in Guinea by soldiers that has seen President Alpha Condé’s rule toppled, President Akufo-Addo said “ECOWAS demands respect for the physical safety of the President of the Republic, Professor Alpha Condé”, saying the regional block objects to “any unconstitutional political change”.
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“We ask the Guinean defense and security forces to remain in a constitutional posture, and express our solidarity with the Guinean people and their Government.”
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The 83 year-old Alpha Condé who has been President of Guinea since December 2010, was in his third term in office after winning presidential elections in 2020 with 59.5%. He has been seen in a video that appears to have been taken after the military coup wearing a partly buttoned shirt over a pair of jeans and seated among a number of arms-bearing soldiers. He looks disheveled away from the usual suit-draped individual he is known publicly.
