Guinea Coup after Zimbabwe Intelligence foiled one in 2004
Soldiers in Guinea said on Sunday 5 September 2021, that they had arrested the president and staged a coup. This is the latest political upheaval in the impoverished west African nation, as the government insists it has repelled the attack.
"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 AFP.
The officer also said that Guinea's land and air borders have been shut and the government dissolved.
Claiming Conde was in custody, a junta spokesman said he had not been harmed and his welfare had been guaranteed.
Guinea is the same country that was saved from a coup attempt by the Zimbabwean Military Intelligence in 2004, which implicated the son of the late Margaret Thatcher.