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a group of soldiers have appeared on state television saying they have detained president alpha cone de and dissolved the constitution. they asked the country to rally behind them because i wanted to see the up today. we have decided to dissolve the constitution because we will write a constitution together all of guinea. we will bring together the 4 regions to the diaspora and have inclusive consultations to decide the future of this country. will they also release video present itself content areas surrounded by special forces? it remains unclear where president, con day is being held, and just who has control of the country. the earlier heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace, but guineas, defense ministry says it repelled, be attacked by special forces. the military has been deployed on the streets and is urging people to stay home. bursts right there at the presidential palace in the calhoun business district and cannot cree heavily armed soldiers have been seen

guarding the area of the exact whereabouts of the president are unknown. it was earlier reported he was near the presidential palace at hotel car loom. let's find out more and speak to use of bow. who's a journalist in guinea? he's joining us on the phone from the capital. a cannot cri, you said so. soldiers on the streets and reports of gunfire and parts of the capital. what is the situation like right now? the situation right now is very, very confusing, too bad to cooper fitment over the national television show and support of my thinking 223000. so if you are not dancing, welcoming day, brought us the message about the defense minister jo small is very, very confusing because the team or do we are not the center. this is to to the city. i've been divided one party support in the proton up parties.

classes between both 5. it's very, very difficult on that's exactly what he's talking about as far as what he said to call to say. now what's the welcome i'm most welcome to present with yes or no, i'm talking to you and you said so how much control do they have? part of the capitol? the the cool plot or is that you speak of when the coupon is completion because we sent that found its way out by one of the men to barracks called com summary. com summary while he was the camp. but the check was the come where he was living dot com come back, but yeah, it was very close to the yeah. what's the press does do also drop down to sent the thumb though we don't know exactly what's happening because the president sha god

is mix god because you have special for the presidential god. so call me the presidential god. we have to support the special false because the outcome in the same uniform covering the same barrett anybody confusing to receive $4044.00 g as in this week. and i usually go out to the street to stop as it goes, i'm not seeing any john down around. he's one of the military pupils driving around said we saw a video of the president's alpha con day, but we are not aware of his whereabouts. right now. as we speak, is there any update on the president and do we know where he is? i might be at the area where i believe is going on.

i think the president must be i'm talking to you. i. ready think that was going on, so don't a very confusing at this moment to see exactly what happened and you know, did he did he did he, did he almost about 70 percent of betty betty? because at this moment to see exactly what happened and what is betty very confusing. so now you're not seeing any military. was you supposed to push that button on the front of the i'm the light john, that maybe we hope we saw the accusing these people stricken protest? i demanded for one that everybody standing betty who why people, i don't see front of them. you are why you are welcome to this, is this still gone? the, i think, you know what i'm talking to you tell us about a little bit more about the lease unit for me in the former french army leisure now,

who was suspected of being the person behind this attempted coup. i couldn't remember a moment to a military officer among essential god. i was the one the last more to go when i was in the ministry back in india, it was the one that repel them. did you show it was picking dead bodies of literature publicly. we also received an in from the us government for the to one of the videos i saw the last time inside the u. s. embassy. okay, uses, we'll leave it there for now. thank you so much for bringing us that update from guinea itself. let's not speak to our west africa. correspond. nicholas, i can join me from the car and synagogue know nicholas use. it was just describing a very confusing situation or what sounds like

a fast moving and fluid one as well. let's just take a step back and put all of this in context with you. tell us what could have led to the latest tensions what has been growing discontent against the president? the alpha condo has been empowered for the last of the 11 years, a growing discontent ever since he changed the constitution, allowing the 82 year old to run for a 3rd mandate. and this was last november. and during the, in the rally up to the election campaign, there was a group called the defense for the constitution that rallied opposition figures, members of civil society that took to the streets. and in response, security forces sometimes fired live bullets. and according to amnesty international, the, the government of alpha county was very heavy handed towards the opposition. and when the results came out, there was an outcry from the opposition who wouldn't accept the election results.

and ever since then, there's been growing discontent, not just among the opposition or civil society, but also among the ranks of the military and security forces. the office of the united nation for the prevention of genocide had pointed out that had asked the president of a country to tone down his ethnic rhetoric in this country where the philosophy is the new majority in the milling case. hold position, power. interesting to note that the, my d doing body, the, the person heading, the security forces that's headed bit attempted coup is a member, is a member of the monkey ethnic group. but what's important to focus here is that there's real discontent towards alpha. can they, in his ability to unite the population? it's interesting to see that we've seen officers go to the national television on

social media calling for unity. and the reason being is because the military remained divided. there are still members of the military that support of con they and will go out of its way to try to defend the president. especially ever after seeing the humiliated scenes that we've seen on social media, i've seen president alpha convey in a shirt and in jeans, held by the praetorian guard, meant to protect him, but now detaining him. so carrying the this elite unit for me, then be able to rally people to their cause. that's going to be the main challenge, is try to garner legitimacy, not just within the country, but also from neighboring countries. there's the chief negotiator of the west african body echo off that's a neighboring molly right now. it'll be interesting to see his reaction to the events unfolding and guinea. there hasn't been any reaction from seneca where we

are, where there was a large diaspora from guinea and earlier on. the borders between senegal and guinea were closed off, nor has there been a reaction from going to be saw where there's been a. 3 lot of tension between president alpha con day and president mikey cell as well as president obama from guinea bit so and so they're watching very closely. and of course there was friends who are keeping a close watch on, on with a former colony. and they have an interest here. guinea may be one of the poor countries of the world. it's the wealthiest country in iron and or a mineral that's used in mobile phones, in cars and in all sorts of electronics. and at stake here is the, there was a well being of the get in people, but also the export of this precious resource. and under president, also con day there's been a boom and economic boom. but few of the giddeons have felt the fall out of this

economic been where most live on less than $2.00 a day. and after that, the restrictive measures that were put in place because of covered there was a growing discontent towards the government and government official. it's interesting to see that the defense ministry came out to say no, they will continue to defend the presidency from attacks. there are still quite a lot of confusion, still quite a lot of division. and at that stage here is the future of this country. but the challenge for the new man, the, the head of this special forces is try to unite, not just getting in, but the security forces where there could be threats for more stack from them on, on the area where they're holding position. because for the moment, the whole fort of a district in the capitol. but there is no clear understanding of who's in charge and the for other district of guinea. ok during thank you so much because hock

reporting from the car. well, more now on guineas, president of a cone de, so he 1st came to power in 2010 in the country's 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1958 con day it was victory was seen as a break from a history of military coups and authoritarian rule, he went on to secure a 2nd 5 year term and 2015 back by his melinda ethnic group. that makes up about 30 percent of the population. because a face, a series of protests for pushing through constitutional changes to secure a 3rd term and office last year. and he argued that the to term limit didn't apply, claiming the new constitution put the clock back to 0. opponents accused him of intimidating voters. let's get more reaction on get in speak to marie originated was the ceo of africa international media group. she's joining us from paris via skype. thanks for talking to us. and just before we talk about how france could be proceeding, this just was it. what is your reaction to the developing story out of guinea and,

and who do you think is in charge? when you see the blocking story, but clearly the most current you the invite, as you pointed out, but we are the one leading the game. and it's something for i wonder if they are doing the background. it's too early to say that and what happens most of the time we saw that in before do you want to tell them we 9999? we saw that in all the places trust the military take what we're power and then the negotiate or the find somebody to, to hand it over when they want to hand it over. sometimes the day we do a transition and then try to buy as much time as they can. so, so far, we know you'll be handling what

we know exact be handled for the mission. forces was the, are you the one leading the mr. my, my do, we're had arguments with the minister of the st. he's been involved in a, been in a huge repression in that thing to charles and the age of something in its stage. and where in the, during the transition government, where the military and raped would mean that by killing people, it was, that is a trauma. is it traumatic experience for people in, in, in, in genie. and this many have been seeking justice and because of some consideration you know, a bit the government was not get to, to tackle the issue. so mr. we are 11 was one of the guys who was called

by people to the to respond to just because he's been voting back and, and they got surely a part of the grievances in the interview. i mean, they're having divisions, intentions within the armed forces. in fact, this is been an ongoing challenge for the president to deal with himself. but how worrying is that right now in the present situation, that there are cracks between the military and special forces in the country? ok, they something we as we speak the shot gunshots being why one order. the reason these, although the price isn't it's been gained by this picture be that special presidential got each has been designed only for his personal protection

and knows that if the could succeed, it done, we'll say. so they are fighting back. they are trying to open and i mean, it is good to pull right with me to please ask the the over i that they base enough momentum behind the cook and they have a lot of support for the group. and they will sort of add lines and then to the new list, or they will try to create a new camp and try on something we have to see. okay, and what about the reaction from france? well, so far from we've not seen, in fact, any reaction from former colonial power. france, how do you think the governments in paris we'll be looking at the situation right now in guinea. okay. trust me notorious that the

relationship between government or president much more and i can do it was very 10th, not support the search term at all. and even for good, you want be trying to big well, with the not as reporting any question then to have a back in could you while things have been smoothed out because the political i very live when you have a position need a long weekend back and he's creating a new policy, you know, so you can have that a tool in getting, you know, sees that election very controversial. you have only stories of tensions beeping be what were being retained and opposition, leaders being not being presented for grappling things for that. that

a is not event county jewish. i know that even that led this week there were took him across people who came to price trying to a been the relationship between from guinea. so the from the government is very cautious. they just want to see what happens, right? you can be, they want signal any backing up as quickly. ok, thank you so much. money yours are below are for speaking to us from paris. let's continue the conversation with adam again, who's a political commentator, specializing in the southern west africa. he's joining us from casablanca and morocco, thanks for your time. so the defense ministry in guinea had earlier said that it in, in fact repelled and attacked by mutant special forces on the presidential palace. but that's not what we heard from the soldiers on state television,

who came on tv and said they had detained the president. and in fact, they've dissolve the constitution. what do you think is going on? he said it shouldn't be. so call me i think for building up to be to west african country. what you can surprise me. i know for a little over 3 years when you 1st said he had a really good one. you were the 1st one to fight with me because he said,

you said you are not done. i will give you a sort of for all of your mission and so how you guys, because up the country ever, can you just leave right? when you have a situation now where there are reports of gunfire, there are divisions when the army verification doesn't sound like there is a constitution because the soldiers have said they've dissolved. i mean, this doesn't bode well for the country, sir. oh, you are right. in some country who

was somehow seeing nothing, but you managed to come to me and tell people who we need to come soon. and so when you look on the part report in africa and then from all over the you may go see deacon during restricted for the workers, but what nobody needs all about to do when people can order. so how, how would be the barrier section of the military? so would you be willing to

support the you think this group has the lead unit, if army that suspected to be behind this attempted to how much do they support to they have not only from within the military and the armed forces themselves, but also within the population get support from one section of the relation to the very important action was by the student that he said we had only expecting 40000000 can do it. so we need something because it was managed by monday because you want to complete this. right. so she said to me,

because i'm going to be working on the guy's name, but i've been co troy right now. could be what what does it mean be under way? oh, do you think then is in control of the situation of the country rather right now, and what impact is the dissolving of the constitution going to have moved and then we hear about this moment. we've got a problem with the base about since this morning, but he was very pretty other we were me

they didn't want to come back. i think we have a chance to see if it is so good for the management of the friends and get to where we are pretty fresh. and there we go. do you want to be for us to be after you like you want to manage the company? you know again. ok, thank you so much adam again for speaking to us from morocco. ah,

we'll move away from guinea and take it to have gone astray. because negotiations there are underway to finalize a new government, but the taliban is facing strong resistance to which rule in a region north of the capital. there's been heavy fighting in the mountainous pans . your valley where opposition forces are battling to taliban. the national resistance fronts is made up of militias and former afghans, security force members. both sides claim they've inflicted heavy losses. a talk to us general has warned. there's a chance of a broader civil war. charles stratford has more from capital. there has been heavy fighting the last 24 hours or so. we've spoken to sources in that area. they're telling us that the in our, if a saying that they have taken captive hundreds of tale bond prisoners apparently. and there is no way that we can independently confirm this. the solid bond were

taken by surprise having crossed the bridge in an an area called don suck, at which point, according to this, so saying that they were then surrounded by the riff. and the bridge was blown up. sort of the n r f. very well armed. we were there the day before yesterday speaking to locals. who said that in the build up to the thought about taking control of cobble. they had seen lots of weapons go into the valley. analysts say that the n r f, which are predominately made up of a, as the afghan national army soldiers, militias, and an ethnic minority in that valley made up of topics. and these analysts to saying that this build up of weapons has been going on for years, their growing phase about the estimated 15200000 people inside the valley. and all communication has been cut off. we also know that the taliban, so we've been told to talk about

a cut the electricity as well. so it is very difficult to get independent verification of exactly what's going on. the lead on out. i'm pull reason the all take a nor the no i where and a lack of interest in drilling for new oil in the foreign c, a case in the european court of human rights green policy that the norwegian election could be in the country. it's finally falling out of love with oil in the sports, who's a golden finished for the host. tokyo paralympic come to require a hello good to see you. it's all about the heat across the middle east, as you might expect, that some of these places are well above average. so i don't want to keep you hanging. we're talking about q 849 degrees. your september average is $38.00,

but we've got a small wind here, so that's coming out of the northwest and that's going to swirl around the sand and dust. and the days ahead, you know, for pakistan settled both for the south and also toward the north, but we may see some wet weather leak in here for the hor, with a height of 35 degrees. it stumble may catch a thunder storm. but i think the bigger story here is those brisk winds through the black sea come in through the boss for us. and over the next few days, assemble could see those winds crank up to about 5055 kilometers per our temperatures. however, our rate where they should be for this time, the year tropics of africa, as you might expect, we've cut our storms, come in and go and pretty good batch of what weather rolling through the democratic republic of congo. on monday, we had disturbed weather for the western cape. it's now transferred to the eastern cape and durban. it's going to drop temperatures for some of us including johannesburg. but meantime, cape town, your temperatures are on the rise will get you up to 23 degrees on thursday with

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