The junta’s intransigence in upholding the transition is reversing hard-won reforms to create a multiparty democracy in Guinea and risks reverting to the long, dark years of military rule and hardship that have defined the country’s post-independence trajectory. [...] In practice, the court has only investigated, tried, and convicted former members of government and members of the opposition, leading the FNDC to call the CRIEF a tool of political repression. [...] This includes the oppressive 25-year regime of Sekou Touré (1958–1984) in which 50,000 people are estimated to have been killed by the government, the 24-year military regime (1984–2008) of General Lansana Conté, and the military junta of Dadis Camara (2008-2010) under which an estimated 150 people were killed by the military and hundreds of women raped in the infamous stadium massacre. [...] 4 A Stagnant Transition in Guinea The military’s decades-long stranglehold on Guinean society has left the country one of the poorest in Africa, despite being endowed with a quarter of the world’s bauxite reserves. [...] As part of the investigation into the December 2023 fuel depot explosion in Conakry, a leaked audit report of the Société nationale des pétroles (the National Petroleum Company or SONAP) by the Minister of the Economy and the Inspector General of Finances alleged fraud at SONAP.
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Table of Contents
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 1
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 2
- JUNTA VIOLATING ITS OWN BENCHMARKS FOR TRANSITION 2
- The proposed constitution appears to grant the junta and transitional council immunity for their actions in office. 2
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 3
- QUESTIONING OF THE JUNTA IS NOT TOLERATED 3
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 4
- A LONG HISTORY OF DISASTROUS MILITARY RULE 4
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 5
- The militarys decades-long stranglehold on Guinean society has left the country one of the poorest in Africa. 5
- SECURITY RISKS INCREASING IN GUINEA 5
- Côte dIvoire 5
- Guinea 5
- Senegal 5
- Mauritania 5
- Mali 5
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 6
- DECREASING TRANSPARENCY IN MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES 6
- Institutions dedicated to fighting corruption and providing oversight have been moved to the office of the presidency. 6
- A Stagnant Transition in Guinea 7
- FLYING UNDER THE RADAR 7
