Doumbouya took power in a 2021 military coup and has run the country with an iron fist. In December, he won the presidential election, which was held under a new constitution that revoked a ban on military leaders running for office and extended the presidential mandate from five years to seven years. Doumbouya was accused by critics of clamping down on opposition and dissent.
On Saturday, Doumbouya took the oath of office in a brand-new 55,000-seat stadium located in the suburbs of Conakry, the capital, before an audience of African leaders and representatives of the African Union Commission and the ECOWAS Commission.
Ghana’s Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang le a delegation to the event in Conakry on Saturday, January 17, 2025.
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister also wrote on his facebook, ” Congratulations to President Mamady Doumbouya and the friendly people of Guinea for the peaceful democratic transition”.
He said, ”Ghana stands ready to forge closer ties as we build on the extraordinary bond of brotherhood between President Ahmed Sekou Toure and Ghana’s founder, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, who significantly, also served as Co-President of Guinea after his infamous overthrow on 24th February 1966”.
