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South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrives at court in Seoul to go on trial over the massive corruption scandal that led to her downfall.
A legal official speaking anonymously said the court found Suu Kyi guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions.
On a visit to Conakry following the 5 September putsch, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara say they had 'very frank' talks with the putschists' leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya. They were also able to meet with former President Alpha Condé, who is still being detained by the coup's plotters.
Conakry, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- The President of Guinea-Conakry Alpha Conde, detained on Sunday in a coup d’etat staged by the military, is being forced to step down after 11 years in office, which saw him fall from grace as a hardened democrat to an autocrat desperately clinging to power.Conde insisted on retaining the presidential seat by calling for a referendum that allowed him to change the constitution and run for a third term, overcoming the constitutional limit of two terms that would have ended his tenure on December 21, 2020.His detractors organized protests to condemn his actions before a brutal clampdown killed at least 50 people, according to Amnesty International. The opposition claims there were more than 90 fatalities. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: GUINEAN SPECIAL FORCES CELEBRATE WITH GUINEANS WAVING THE NATIONAL FLAG DURING CELEBRATIONS AT THE PALACE OF THE PEOPLE IN CONAKRY, GUINEA.
The optics play to old stereotypes about Africa. Men in fatigues holding the deposed president who has outlasted his stay. in 2010, Alpha Condé became Guinea's first civilian president to win through the ballot box. We ask if the once courageous opposition in the end lost his way when he saw fit to lift term limits to hang on to power.
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