The African Union has suspended Guinea following a military coup in the west African nation.
The AU suspended Guinea Monday and banned it from AU activities “until the return of constitutional order.”
Guinea’s exclusion from the AU was decided during a meeting of the body’s Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa, where the organization [...]

Within hours of the coup that Captain Moussa Dadis Camara led in Guinea, many governments and international organizations around the world call for the end of the military takeover and the restoration of the former constitutional government. The only problem with the credibility of such denouncements is that it is difficult to find a nation on the planet that can claim to have evolved without a violent political transition at some point in its history.

The junior military officers who claimed they had seized power in a coup attempt in the impoverished West African nation of Guinea said Wednesday that they may not relinquish control of the country for two years and even went ahead to name one of their own as president…
As the country sank into deeper confusion, the [...]

Military leaders in Guinea have taken power, following the death of long-time President Lansana Conte.
Military leaders in Guinea say they have dissolved the government and constitution, promising to organize presidential elections soon, but giving no specific timetable for a return to civilian rule. - VOA

From Ghana to Nigeria, the privatization bandwagon in the Telecoms industry is on course in the ECOWAS region.