Guinea’s army has announced that it has dissolved the country’s government and suspended the constitution, hours after the death of President Lansana Conte, informs BBC Tuesday.
In a state radio statement, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara said a “consultative council” of civilian and military leaders would be set up in their place.
State institutions were “incapable of resolving the crises which have been confronting the country”, he said.
Mr Conte had ruled the West African country with an iron fist since 1984.
He seized power in 1984 and won three controversial elections.
Although Guinea’s mineral wealth and fertile soil makes it potentially one of Africa’s richest countries, its eight million people are among the poorest in the region.
