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Added on the 04/11/2023 12:51:26 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Soldiers parade in the streets of Conakry, following a meeting between the leader of the military coup, Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, and the ministers of the government of president Alpha Conde, ousted the day before. Public discontent had been brewing for months over a flatlining Covid-hit economy and the leadership of Conde, who became Guinea's first democratically elected president in 2010. IMAGES
Former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara is sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for crimes against humanity, for his responsibility in the 28 September 2009 massacre in Guinea. Seven other defendants were also sentenced to up to life imprisonment at the end of a historic trial that lasted nearly two years. IMAGES
Scenes at the prison where gunmen attacked a prison in Abuja. Suspected jihadists using guns and explosives blasted their way into a prison near the Nigerian capital, freeing hundreds of inmates in an operation to release jailed comrades, according to authorities. The brazen attack on the outskirts of Abuja came hours after an ambush on a presidential security convoy in the northwest, in a fresh example of the struggle Nigeria faces to overcome a security crisis. IMAGES
Soldiers patrol the area around the seat of government in Guinea Bissau after sustained gunfire, as regional bloc ECOWAS condemns what it calls 'an attempted coup'. People flee the area, while military vehicles laden with troops drive through the streets. Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. The West African nation has seen four military putsches since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974, most recently in 2012. IMAGES
Thousands gather in the streets of Conakry to welcome back exiled activists who were opposed to a third term for Conde. IMAGES
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