MILITAIRES RADIÉS, MAGISTRAT PURGÉ : LA GUINÉE DE DOUMBOUYA S'ENFONCE T-ELLE DANS LA CRISE ?

Deciphering Africa has reached a critical juncture. Without several hundred monthly supporters, the program will cease broadcasting. Support independence: https://donorbox.org/decrypterlafrique http://decrypterlafrique.tikerama.com Turning to Guinea Conakry, where Mamadi Doumbouya has carried out a wave of dismissals within the army—with no fewer than 173 soldiers removed from their posts. The official reason given is desertion, but this news likely reveals tensions at the top involving leading figures like Commander Michel Lamah, and a government led by General Mamadi Doumbouya seeking to consolidate its power. The Guinean transition is clearly going through a turbulent period. Do these cracks at the top of the state and within the army reflect simple security adjustments or are they symptoms of a deeper fracture within the military establishment? How should we interpret these settling of scores and growing frustrations within the barracks? Fabrice Wuimo poses these questions to Guinean journalist Abdoulaye Oumou Sow, founder of KoumaMedia.