The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), despite its dissolution by the junta, continues to fight for a quick return to civilian rule in Guinea.
Several people reportedly died in demonstrations that broke out on Thursday, October 20 in Conakry at the initiative of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC).
According to local media reports, most of those killed were teenagers whose relatives have announced that the authors of the killing would be prosecuted.
The transitional authorities have not yet announced the number of casualties, while the FNDC has also reported that about 20 people were injured by bullets.
Disbanded last August for “subversive activities” by the junta in power since September 2021, this collective of political parties and civil society organizations has not abandoned its struggle for a return to constitutional order as soon as possible.
The day before the clashes between protesters and riot police, the mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Boni Yayi, arrived in Conakry.
His sojourn was to signal more talks with the military junta with a view to finding a consensus on the duration of the transition.
At their extraordinary summit on September 22 in New York, United States, on the sidelines of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations, West African heads of state decided to maintain contact with decision-makers in Conakry, after imposing “gradual diplomatic, economic and financial” sanctions on Guinea for “insufficient progress in establishing an acceptable transition timetable.”
The Ecowas mediator, who was on his third trip to Conakry since Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya took power, said there is “hope” for compromise.
However an all-inclusive dialogue for a peaceful transition, which should have began on Thursday was postponed indefinitely.
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