Junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya, centre, addresses officials in the Conakry, Guinea, on Sept. 6. Guinea's new military leaders sought to tighten their grip on power Monday after overthrowing President Alpha Conde, ordering the soldiers from his presidential guard to now join the junta forces and barring government officials from leaving the country.Radio Television Guineenne/The Associated Press
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Guinea on Thursday, according to a staff memo shared with Reuters.
Special forces soldiers ousted long-serving President Alpha Conde and dissolved his cabinet on Sunday, prompting ECOWAS to demand a return to constitutional order and threaten to impose sanctions.
Guinea coup leader bars government officials from foreign travel
An ECOWAS spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a request for comment late on Monday.
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