Guinea’s president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion

Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for “desertion”, including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021.

Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit which Doumbouya once commanded.

When he overthrew President Alpha Condé, Doumbouya said he would not seek election