The chair of the West African regional bloc has said Guinea will cut the timeline of its planned transition to civilian rule from three to two years.
Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron at a media briefing in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said he had recently convinced Guinea’s military government to shorten its timeline.
Last September, soldiers led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya overthrew President Alpha Conde and in May, the military pledged to hand over power to elected civilians within three years.
But regional powers rejected this timeline, with ECOWAS suspending Guinea after the coup.
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