[HIGHLIGHTS] Guinea: Colonel Doumbouya disbands the Presidential Security Battalion

Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, head of the CNRD junta in power since overthrowing former President Alpha Condé, issued a decree to dissolve the Presidential Security Battalion. This elite unit of the Guinean army was considered the personal guard of heads of state.

The dissolution is part of a restructuring of the military hierarchy, an expert says. This raises concerns about the unity of the Junta in a country accustomed to military coups, Sidy Yansané says.