The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has imposed tough sanctions on 50 Guinea government officials among them 21 top members of the country’s military junta
The decision was announced after an Extraordinary Summit by the West African leaders in New York on Thursday, a statement from the Ecowas Commission says.
The sanctioned officials, all from the military-led-transition government, are banned from travelling abroad and their assets, including finances, overseas frozen, the statement says.
The statement adds that the move is the first in a gradual process of sanctioning people linked to the government, in an effort to force the junta to heed to international demand to rapidly transfer power to civilian rule.
Those targeted include all members of the National Committee of the Rally for Development (CNRD) junta, including its leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya, army chief of Staff, Col. Sadiba Koulibaly and the head of the military police, Col. Balla Samoura.
Others are heads of key military wings, as well as the police chief. Also included are members of the civilian-led National Transitional Council, including its leader and de facto head of Parliament, Dr. Dansa Kourouma, as well as recently appointed new Prime Minister, Bernard Gamou, Justice Minister Alphonse Charles Wright and other top officials of the government.
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