Guinea junta freezes accounts of dissolved government members

Guinea's ruling junta freezes government members' accounts and seizes passports, dissolving administration amid unknown reasons.

Guinea's ruling junta has ordered government members' passports to be seized and their bank accounts frozen after dissolving the administration for as yet unknown reasons.

The military, who took power in a September 2021 coup, on Monday decreed the dissolution of the government, which has been in office since July 2022.

The junta ordered their accounts be frozen, their travel documents taken away and their service vehicles, bodyguards and assistants be removed, chief of staff General Ibrahima Sory Bangoura said on state television in the presence of around 20 other soldiers.

No reason has yet been given publicly for the measures.

The junta in Guinea, like many of those who have seized power in West Africa since 2020, has put fighting corruption at the forefront of its agenda.

Public broadcaster RTG ran a three-minute tribute to junta leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, stating he was "reaffirming his leadership and proving that he remains the sole master".

The broadcast spoke of "moments of adversity", without specifying further.