The fire, which ignited during a ship offloading at the depot, has been contained, but fears of a potential fuel supply disruption loom large. Guinea heavily depends on imported refined petroleum products, and officials are urgently assessing fuel-related needs to avert possible shortages.
The country's borders were closed down, and the constitution was declared invalid in the announcement read aloud on state television by Army Col. Mamadi Doumbouya. He told the Guineans, “The duty of a soldier is to save the country.” What led to these events?
Guinean army colonel seized control of state television and declared that Conde's government had been dissolved.
The dramatic developments Sunday bore all the hallmarks of a West African coup d’etat. After seizing the airwaves, the mutinous soldiers vowed to restore democracy and gave themselves a name: The National Committee of Gathering and Development.
It wasn’t immediately known whether President Alpha Conde was home at the time the shooting began, according to witnesses in the Kaloum neighborhood of Conakry.
The Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola, and previously outbreaks have erupted elsewhere across Africa in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said, "WHO is supporting the authorities to set up testing, contact-tracing and treatment structures and to bring the overall response to full speed".
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