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CONAKRY, Guinea — Heavy gunfire echoed around the capital of Guinea early on Sunday morning. Then pictures surfaced on social media of the West African country’s president being held in custody by men in military fatigues. Finally, the head of Guinea’s special forces announced on state television that the constitution, government and all institutions were dissolved. He had staged a coup.
And if the takeover proves successful, Guinea will become the third West African country to experience a violent transfer of power in the past five months.
In April, the president who had ruled Chad for three decades was killed …