# ECOWAS suspends Guinea after the military takeover

Date: 2021

ECOWAS suspended Guinea from its decision-making bodies after the coup and demanded a return to constitutional order, creating the first major regional institutional constraint on the new military authorities.

## Drivers

- Doumbouya junta transition: https://factrail.ai/drivers/doumbouya-junta-transition

## Sources

- https://parl.ecowas.int/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/second-2021-ordinary-session-ecowas-parliament-vol-1.pdf
- https://www.ecowas.int/final-communique-extraordinary-session-of-the-ecowas-authority-of-heads-of-state-and-government-videoconference-8-september-2021/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/guinea-ecowas-suspension-2021-09-08