IPSEs IN THE LAST 24H
  • Felix Ndahinda
    Felix Ndahinda “I don't see this [granting the mandate to combat M23 rebels to a force comprising southern African nations, SADECO] as a stabilising intervention, at most, it will postpone the issue because there is no one military solution. Structural weaknesses in governance, lack of state presence in remote regions and interethnic rivalries, are among causes that the state is failing to address. In the last 30 years, different interventions have been addressing partial symptoms of the problem rather than looking at the full picture - till that is not done, you can only postpone, but not resolve, the issue.” 56 minutes ago
  • Bintou Keita
    Bintou Keita “One Congolese person out of four faces hunger and malnutrition. More than 7.1 million people have been displaced in the country. That is 800,000 people more since my last briefing three months ago. The armed group [M23] is making significant advances and expanding its territory to unprecedented levels.” 1 hour ago
  • Annalena Baerbock
    Annalena Baerbock “He [Putin] makes it more than clear that he is beyond the reach of rational arguments and the values ​​of humanity. And he definitely doesn't want to negotiate. If Putin wins in Ukraine, our security and international order will be at risk. Ukraine's support is our own guarantee of security.” 1 hour ago
  • Fumio Kishida
    Fumio Kishida “Realizing a fruitful relationship between Japan and North Korea is aligned with the interests of both sides.” 1 hour ago
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Guinea

Page with all the IPSEs stored in the archive related to Guinea.
The IPSEs are presented in chronological order based on when the IPSEs have been pronounced.

“Conde [Alpha Conde] was very unpopular, even though people still voted for him. With the third mandate, Conde went too far. Right now, people are just happy to see Conde gone. But pretty soon, they will need to see some actions from the junta; signs things are about to change, including a timetable for a transition.”

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Journalist and analyst in Conakry
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“[Doumbouya] is clearly saying all the rights thing now about a transition, about an inclusive political approach, reminding people of the need for the reforms, all the governance failures of the past. But the real test is going to lie really in a couple of phases over the next few weeks. First of all, in his internal discussions, he has got to secure the acquiescence if you like of a broad … political class and civil society in this transition. And although a lot of people are expressing relief … that's not quiet the same thing as signing up for all the details of the new transition. And the next stage will be a difficult negotiation with ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States], the West African bloc of which Guinea is a member and which really has a pretty firm constitutional law that soldiers cannot take long term power by force.”

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Fellow at the Africa Programme at Chatham House
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“An elite that enriched themselves in an insolent way, while poverty was rising and the country's infrastructure was crumbling. There was also a general malaise in the country.”

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Former prime minister of Guinea and main opposition leader
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“China is fully aware of the wavering political situation in the region and has experience in handling this kind of surprise change. It's hard to predict how much China will be impacted, because China's activities in the country have not been involved with local politics. If the military leaders want no damage to their country's economy, there is no reason for them to make trouble with China.”

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Director of the African Studies Section at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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“Alpha Conde is one of the politicians who worked over 40 years for democracy in Guinea. Once in power, he totally destroyed it. He put people in prison. He killed and he completely refused any political dialogue with the opposition.”

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Independent human rights expert for the United Nations and founder of the AfrikaJom Center think-tank
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“Don't forget that Doumbouya [Mamadi Doumbouya] is a Conde [Alpha Conde] man, he was placed in charge of the Special Forces and specially trained to protect Conde. This is important to understand perhaps why the country seems to stand behind him. All sources say that in spite of the AU [African Union], ECOWAS' [Economic Community of West African States] requests of them [the military] to go back to the barracks, it's not working … is not being heard in Guinea. There is no question that Doumbouya is in charge and he is the de facto head. So sanctions or not sanctions they will have to talk to him and more importantly they will have to take the measures of the country and it is clear that it is a popular uprising, at least as of the moment.”

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Professor of history and political science at Delaware State University
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“This comes a week after the national parliament voted an increase in budget for the presidency and parliamentarians, but a substantial decrease for those working in the security services like the police and the military. It's interesting to see officers go to the national television on social media calling for unity and the reason being is because the military remains divided. There are still members that support Alpha Conde and will go out of their way to defend the president.”

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Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from from Dakar (Senegal)
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“Since the coup plotters' statements on the national television, the opposition supporters have taken to the streets and thousands of youth are dancing, welcoming them. The city [Conakry] is divided. One part is supporting the coup plotters, and the other part has clashes between different groups. So it's very difficult to understand exactly what is happening.”

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Guinean journalist
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“The duty of a soldier is to save the country. The personalisation of political life is over. We will no longer entrust politics to one man, we will entrust it to the people. If you see the state of our roads, if you see the state of our hospitals, you realize that after 72 years, it's time to wake up. We have to wake up.”

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Colonel and leader of the mutinous soldier in Guinea
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“Health teams in Guinea are on the move to quickly trace the path of the virus and curb further infections. WHO is supporting the authorities to set up testing, contact-tracing and treatment structures and to bring the overall response to full speed.”

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WHO regional director for Africa
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