Political coalition in Guinea calls off protests to comply with ECOWAS bloc's request and also not disturb the country's Christians' prayer day
FNDC says it wanted"to give yet another chance to ECOWAS mediation so that it can find a way out of the Guinean crisis maintained by the military junta."
But in a statement sent to the AFP news agency on Saturday, the FNDC said it had "complied with a request from the heads of the Economic Community of West African States and Guinea Christians to suspend the peaceful citizen demonstrations". The FNDC said it wanted "to give yet another chance to ECOWAS mediation so that it can find a way out of the Guinean crisis maintained by the military junta."Guinea opposition calls for protests after junta denies role in new deathsThe FNDC, a coalition of political parties, trade unions and civil society organisations, was banned by the junta in August.
In a press release, Boni Yayi said his mission was to meet with the authorities of the transition and socio-political actors for a dialogue which should "allow the return to constitutional order".
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