Addis Ababa – The African Union announced Thursday it had decided to lift the sanctions against Guinea imposed following the 2021 coup, after “the successful organization of the presidential election” in December.
As a result of the election, it said, it had decided “to lift the suspension of the participation of the Republic of Guinea in the activities of the AU”.
During the 1325th Meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council, convened today to consider the political transition in the Republic of Guinea, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, informed Council members that #Guinea has reached… pic.twitter.com/lY2w4CAXIW
— African Union (@_AfricanUnion) January 22, 2026
Doumbouya was sworn in as president on Saturday in front of tens of thousands of supporters and several heads of state, following an election victory last month.
He toppled Guinea’s first freely elected president Alpha Conde in 2021 and has since cracked down on civil liberties and banned protests.
Political opponents have been arrested, put on trial or driven into exile.
The west African country’s Supreme Court validated his victory days after a late December poll, crediting him with 86.7 percent of the vote.
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Source: AFP
