Guinea Opposition Demands Return to Civilian Rule

Guinea’s main opposition leader says more than 100 of the country’s political parties will present a joint demand for a return to civilian rule to the military junta that seized power in September.

Cellou Dalein Diallo told a news conference that the “Collective of Political Parties had agreed a timetable for a political transition.”

The Economic Community of West African States, Ecowas, is demanding elections within six months.

It suspended Guinea from the regional bloc after President Alpha Condé was deposed in a coup nearly four months ago.

On Monday the United States dropped Guinea, along with Ethiopia and Mali, from a Africa trade preference agreement over human rights concerns.

BBC/Shakirat Sadiq