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ELITE Three years of passion...
Three years of passion...

THE COUP IN GUINEA AND ITS

REPERCUSSIONS INTERNATIONALLY

Mariam Elsafty, Sophomore, political science
Mariam Elsafty, Sophomore, political science
“Even you, Brutus”... Julius Caesar's famous Late last year, reports emerged of conflicts
sentence, known for its historical context, and how within the presidential palace between
he said it when he was stabbed by his closest friend, Mamadi and Conde, with Mamadi
and then he died. This scene is recalled when we requesting an increase in the strength and
follow the coup d'état in Guinea. Coup leader influence of his battalion, which Conde
Mamadi Doumbia is a close friend of President categorically rejected. The man, who
Alpha Conde, commander of the Special Forces trusted that he would protect him forever,
founded by Conde, the same commander who betrayed him with a group of his elements,
stormed the President's palace and arrested him and breaking into the palace on September 5th
then appeared in a statement announcing the in broad daylight to arrest President Conde
suspension of the constitution and the closure of and lead him to an unknown front. I am not
state institutions, declaring his control of the very concerned about this context because
country. Who is the leader of the rapid coup, it is repeated throughout history, but the
Mamadi Doumbia? He is a colonel carrying the most important thing is the impact of the
French nationality and is actually married to a coup and its repercussions within Guinea
French citizen as well. He has served in the French and its regional surroundings,
army for more than fifteen years and has
participated in military operations in several

countries, including Afghanistan, Djibouti and the
Central African Republic. During those years, he
underwent numerous trainings in France and
underwent a training course in Israel as part of a
group of elite fighters, which he highlighted in
Guinea. In 2012, Conde summoned him to the
country, and some sources explained that it was
Conde who made Mamadi do all these exercises
because he was meant to be the commander of the
Special Forces.

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