Envoys from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are due in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Friday to discuss ways to return the country to constitutional order after soldiers ousted President Alpha Conde.
The ECOWAS delegation will be led by the Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, Ghana’s foreign affairs minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Alpha Barry.
The envoys will push Guinea’s military to appoint a “credible” civilian prime minister as soon as possible, to help steer Guinea back towards constitutional order, a high-ranking regional official told Reuters on Thursday.
Doumbouya and the other special forces soldiers behind Sunday’s action said they ousted Conde because of concerns about poverty and endemic corruption. (Reuters)
