The president of Guinea, the coastal West African country with a population of about 12 million people, was ousted by a military official in a coup Sunday morning, a soldier in the country’s army announced on local television, according to The Associated Press.
Reports indicate that Alpha Conde, the three-term elected president, was detained following gunfire in the nation’s capital of Conakry. Later in the day, Army Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya appeared on television and declared that the constitution was invalid and that the country would chart a new path forward.
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