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Yoweri Museveni condemns Guinean coup and calls on putschists to “get out”

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has condemned the military coup in Guinea. He called the coup leaders to get out and said that the takeover was a “step backwards”.

“They should be told to get out because they are not the solution for the country,” Mr Museveni told France 24.

“We had them [coups] in the 1960s – they were part of Africa’s problems so I condemn the coup [in Guinea]“,View more on twitter.

Guinean former President Alpha Conde was removed from power on Sunday by soldiers from the army’s special forces unit led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya.

They accused him of human rights abuses, mismanagement and corruption.

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The coup has been widely condemned outside the West African nation, but many Guineans have expressed support for the ousting of Mr Condé, 83, while urging the army to facilitate a return to civilian rule.

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