By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadDAKAR( Reuters)-West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to pressure the junta leaders to return the country to constitutional rule, Ghana’s foreign minister said. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States( ECOWAS) has condemned the putsch that overthrew President Alpha Conde, the third coup in West and Central Africa since April. The bloc suspended Guinea from the decision-making bodies of the organ

He has been held at an undisclosed location since being detained during the Sept.... Conde had sparked violent street demonstrations last year after he pushed for a constitutional referendum that he used to justify running for a third term, saying term limits no longer applied to him.... He ultimately won another five years in office last October, only to be toppled by the coup 10 months later.At the time he came to power in 2010, he was Guinea's first democratically elected leader since indep

By Saliou Samb3 Min ReadCONAKRY( Reuters)-A delegation from West Africa’s main political and economic bloc on Friday met the junta that ousted Guinean president Alpha Conde, in the hope of steering the country back towards a civilian-led, constitutional regime. Envoys from the Economic Community of West African States( ECOWAS) for the Guinea crisis arrive to discuss ways of returning the country to constitutional order after soldiers ousted President Alpha Conde in Conakry, Guinea September 10,

By Saliou Samb3 Min ReadCONAKRY( Reuters)-A delegation from West Africa’s main political and economic bloc on Friday met Guinea’s ousted president Alpha Conde and members of the junta that overthrew him, hoping to steer the country back toward a civilian-led, constitutional regime. Conde, who had been in power since 2010, has been detained by the junta, the National Rally and Development Committee( CNRD), since it staged the coup last Sunday.“ We met the members of the CNRD.... We also met the