The ruling junta in Guinea has launched a violent attack on the current president of ECOWAS ahead of a summit of the organization, denouncing Wednesday's remarks as a "disgrace". In the attack on Thursday (September 22), the junta accused the ECOWAS president of practicing "clown diplomacy. We cannot bear this shame," said Colonel Amara Camara, secretary general of the transitional presidency. Colonel Camara blamed the current president of the Bissau-Guinean Umaro Sissoco Embalo, for his statements to French media RFI and France 24 on Wednesday. Mr. Embalo had warned that Guinea would face "heavy sanctions" if the junta, which came to power by force in September 2021, persisted in wanting to stay in power for three years.

Source: Ethiopian News September 22, 2022 14:32 UTC