After 10 months of military control, Guinean acting president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya still expected to transition nation toward democracy

Noah Pitcher( Global Politics Correspondent )

Noah Pitcher is a global politics correspondent for Today News Africa covering the U.S. government, United Nations, African Union, and other actors involved in international developments, political controversies, and humanitarian issues.

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya is a high-ranking Guinean military officer who has been in power as the nation’s acting president since leading a September 5, 2021 coup d’etat during which he broadcasted to the people of Guinea that he was dissolving the nation’s constitution and replacing the existing government.