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Between Alpha Conde and Mamadi Doumbouya, the battle without end

September 20th, 2022

After taking the presidential chair from him, is Mamadi Doumbouya forcing Alpha Conde to remain silent? The former president has been "free" since April 22, according to a junta communiqué signed by the army's chief of staff, Colonel Sadiba Koulibaly. But this is a paper freedom. If the announcement, which was paid lip service, allowed the former Guinean head of state to receive his family for two days, it was mainly aimed at avoiding sanctions by the Community of West African States (ecowas) - which was meeting on April 25 - by convincing the heads of state of the sub-region of the military's desire for appeasement.