Author: charissabustard

Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to hand over power to civilians after two years, giving up under threat of imminent sanctions to run the country for three years, says a document from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). “In a dynamic compromise, the experts of ECOWAS and Guinea have jointly developed a consolidated chronogram (calendar) of the transition spread over 24 months,” said the document transmitted Friday to an AFP correspondent and published on social networks by the junta. The document does not specify when this 24-month period begins. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has pledged to hand over to ... Read more