SPECIAL REPORT: CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN GUINEA RISK TRIGGERING A MALI-STYLE COUP

SPECIAL REPORT: CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN GUINEA RISK TRIGGERING A MALI-STYLE COUP

   Tue, 06 October 2020

In less than two weeks, Guinea’s controversial presidential elections risk triggering fresh ethnic and political violence, with a marginal probability of a Mali-style military intervention, disruption to mining, and border closures. Continued political support from key economic partners Russia and China mitigates the prospect of sanctions, while ECOWAS is unlikely to tolerate another political crisis in West Africa this year.



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