By Saliou Samb
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s junta on Saturday arrange an 80-member council to behave as a parliament throughout the nation’s transition to elections, in line with a decree learn on the state broadcaster, following a coup in September that ousted President Alpha Conde.
The physique, generally known as the Nationwide Transitional Council (CNT), can be lead by a distinguished civil society activist and election skilled Dansa Kourouma and be tasked with agreeing the date of the subsequent elections, the decree mentioned.
Conde’s overthrow was condemned by Guinea’s neighbours and worldwide companions, and led to its suspension from the African Union and the regional Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS) 15-nation bloc.
It was the fourth coup in West and Central Africa within the house of two years, following two in Mali and one in Chad. Conde had angered his opponents by altering the structure to permit himself to face for a 3rd time period.
(Reporting by Sasliou Samb; Writing by Hereward Holland; Modifying by Daniel Wallis)
Supply: KFGO
