Why have military coups returned to West Africa?
The Inquiry
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The Insurgency in Guinea Is a Sign of Hope
Isacasire is an associate senior researcher at the stockholm international peace research institute. He lives in guinea's capital, conocray, and was there as the night time coup unfolded. The september 20 21 ousting of president alfa conde came after he tried to change the rules to extend his ten years in power. Unlike the cops in backina fasso and neighboring maley, failure to quell insurgency wasn't the reason here. Instead, military leaders claimed it was a response to cratic failure.
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