a quiet sunday morning in the capital conakry disrupted by gunfire. gunfire continues.rting a heavy military presence on the streets of the city. access to a bridge leading to the presidential palace was also reportedly blocked. this unverified footage, allegedly showing president alpha conde being detained by the military was widely shared on social media, fuelling rumours of a coup. the military soon appeared on tv, claiming they were moved to take over because of corruption and economic mismanagement. translation: the government is dissolved. _ land borders will be closed for one week and we will then see what will happen with our air borders. the coup plotters are from an elite military unit who have historically received training with the united states. their leader can be seen here with american soldiers. this coup is the latest chapter in what's been a fractious year for guinea. last october, the country held violently disputed elections after the president changed the constitution to run for a third term. dozens of people were killed in the ensuing clashes. many

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conakry is the capital, and home to 1.6 million people.e military unit — and who are calling themselves the national committee for reoriontation and development are in control. this is how they intervened at the weekend. gunfire was reported close to the presidential palace early on sunday. what western diplomat the city told the unrest was triggered by the dismissal of a senior commander in the special forces. that then prompted them to occu py occupy the... others showed some soldiers on the street showing people to stay indoors. next came this video which we can't verify but appears to show the president in a room with the elite troops. we don't know exactly where this is. and sunday evening it was far from clear who is in control of the country. then we heard from the man leading the coup. skin is head of special forces. "after taking the president of the republic, who is currently with us, we have decided to dissolve the current constitution, institutions. we have also decided to dissolve the government and to close land and air borde

the 26—year—old was due to play in a world cup qualifier against morocco in conakry today, but followingnfire near the presidential palace, football's governing body fifa and african football chiefs postponed the game. the morocco team was escorted out of the country yesterday. liverpool say they're "satisfied that keita is safe "and well cared for". the international break has been far from smooth for argentina as well. their world cup qualifier against brazil in sao paulo was abandoned just minutes after kick—off, when brazilian health officials walked onto the pitch to confront three uk—based argentine players. they say that tottenham's giovani lo celso and cristian romero and aston villa's emiliano martinez all posed a serious health risk, and another villa player, emiliano buendia, who wasn't in the squad, has also been accused of breaching covid protocols after travelling from the uk, a red list country. the brazilian health authorities say that all four had been told to isolate and leave the country hours before the match, but failed to comply, which is why they took such drastic

reports that mr conde, has been arrested by security forces after hours of heavy gunfire in the capital conakryd in the kaloum area — where the presidential palace is located. videos shared on social media showed president conde being detained by security forces. the videos could not immediately be authenticated by the bbc. soldiers have appeared on television announcing there has been a coup. there are reports that an elite national army unit led by a former french legionnaire, mamady doumbouya, is behind it. the bbc�*s mayeni jones gave us this update from the region. so at the moment, both embassies and the military are asking members of the public to stay at home and many guineans right now will be home watching television, listening to radio, and being particularly worried. it has been a very tumultuous year for the country. last year there were clashes between demonstrators and members of the authorities. they were against the fact that president alpha conde was trying to run for a third term. constitutionally, he used to only be allowed to run for two consecutive terms. dozens of people

crowds in guinea's capital conakry celebrated a day after a military coup ousted the country's presidentew the government. military forces set up checkpoints leading to the capital and have barred government officials from leaving the country. residents welcomed their takeover. >> ( translated ): we were really in a, let's say, savage state, there was no more security, no more justice, a confused financial state, everyone was doing whatever they wanted, so i think the military leaders'rrival is a blessing for guinea. >> yang: it's the third time in five months that a west african nation has seen a violent transfer of power. a court in belarus today sentenced two leadig opposition activists to prison in the country's latest crackdown on anti-government dissent. maria kolesnikova was sentenced to 11 years behind barand maxim znak to 10 years. kolesnikova helped organize the opposition protests that erupted across belarus last summer after president alexander lukashenko won a sixth presidential term. and, two passings to note tonight: iconic leading actor jean-paul belmondo, a star of franc