Guterres Condemns Military ‘Takeover’ In Guinea, Demands President’s Release
Guterres Condemns Military ‘Takeover’ In Guinea, Demands President’s Release
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The UN General- Secretary Antonio Guterres condemned Sunday’s apparent coup in Guinea and called for the release of President Alpha Conde.  In a tweet, Guterres said on Sunday that  "I am personally following the situation in Guinea very closely. I strongly condemn any takeover of the government by force of the gun and call for the immediate release of President Alpha Conde."

Guinean special forces staged a coup on Sunday, arresting the president, in the latest political upheaval to roil the impoverished west African country. “We have decided, after having taken the president, to dissolve the constitution,” said a uniformed officer flanked by soldiers toting assault rifles in a video sent to Armed Police Force (APF). The officer also said that Guinea’s land and air borders have been shut and the government has been dissolved.

Another video sent to AFP by the putschists showed a rumpled-looking President Alpha Conde sitting on a sofa, surrounded by troops. He refused to answer a question from one soldier about whether he was being mistreated.

Earlier on Sunday, residents of the capital Conakry’s Kaloum district, the government quarter, reported hearing heavy gunfire. A Western diplomat in Conakry suggested the unrest may have started after the dismissal of a senior commander in the special forces, provoking some of its highly trained members to rebel.

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