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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.
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