Military take-over in Guinea Conakry after weighty gunfire

Special forces soldiers apparently ousted Guinea’s long-serving President Alpha Conde today Sunday, telling the West African nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air borders.

As the United Nations and Nigeria, the locale's prevailing force denounced any takeover forcibly, the world-class armed force unit's head, Mamady Doumbouya, said "neediness and endemic debasement" had driven his powers to eliminate Conde from office.

"We have disintegrated government and establishments," Doumbouya said on state TV, hung in Guinea's public banner and encompassed by eight other outfitted fighters. "We will revise a constitution together."



Gunfire ejected and battling broke out close to the official castle in the capital, Conakry, on Sunday morning. Hours after the fact, recordings shared via online media, which Reuters couldn't promptly confirm, showed Conde in a room encompassed by armed force exceptional powers.





Conde, whose whereabouts were not clear, won a third term in October after changing the constitution to allow him to stand again.

That led to violent protests from the opposition, and in recent weeks the government has sharply increased taxes to replenish state coffers and raised the price of fuel by 20%, causing widespread frustration. By Sunday evening it was not clear if Doumbouya had seized total control, with the defense ministry has issued a statement saying an attack on the presidential palace had been repelled.



In any case, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he firmly denounced "any takeover of the public authority forcibly" and required Conde's quick delivery. 

Nigeria's unfamiliar service said Guinea's "obvious overthrow" disregarded Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leads, and required the compensation of established request. Recordings shared via web-based media had prior shown military vehicles watching Conakry, and one military source said the solitary extension associating the central area to the Kaloum area, where the castle and most government services are found, had been closed.

In the capital, residents began venturing back onto the streets during the afternoon to celebrate the uprising’s apparent success.

A Reuters witness saw pick-up trucks and military vehicles accompanied by motorcyclists honking their horns and cheering onlookers. “Guinea is free! Bravo,” a woman shouted from her balcony.

In any case, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he firmly denounced "any takeover of the public authority forcibly" and required Conde's quick delivery. Nigeria's unfamiliar service said Guinea's "obvious overthrow" disregarded Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leads, and required the compensation of established request. Recordings shared via web-based media had prior shown military vehicles watching Conakry, and one military source said the solitary extension associating the central area to the Kaloum area, where the castle and most government services are found, had been closed.