The Diplomat
The Military Junta of the Republic of Guinea that perpetrated an uprising at the beginning of September last year has appointed a chargé d’affaires in Spain, after ordering the return of the ambassador, Paul Goa Zoumanigui, to Conakry.
A few days ago, the Foreign Minister of the transitional government, Morissansa Kouyaté, announced the appointment of some thirty people to head the Guinean embassies abroad.
Among those appointed is the person chosen to represent the African country in Spain, as first counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires until new ambassadors can be appointed. He is Mamadou Baldé, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, African Integration and Guineans abroad.
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya led a coup d’état in Guinea last September, when members of the army’s Special Forces Group arrested President Alpha Condé, dissolved the government and the constitution, and announced a transition period.
As leader of the military junta, Doumbouya promised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in October that a “realistic and consensual timetable” for determining the duration of the transition would be reached, a week after appointing Mohamed Béavogui as the new prime minister.
