 His name, Lieutenant Colonel Mama D. Dumbuya, currently the most famous name in Guinea, of course, after the military coup that took place over the weekend. Shocking news, of course, when that story broke, hearing gunshots all across the presidential palace until it was declared that Alpha Condé was no longer president of Guinea. And of course, we've also seen reactions across the country seeing citizens celebrating the coup in Guinea. Earlier we spoke about this and got to share our thoughts on what exactly this means for the country and how this really shows a lot of the weakness with regards to leadership here in Africa and the reaction of citizens a lot of times. I also got to speak about my concerns. You know, when people celebrate a military coup, do they not understand what it means or do they simply not care? And that's what it really shows. And I just want to think I was talking about earlier, you know, a lot of people do not care in these countries. It doesn't matter what it looks like or what the consequences are, you know, likely are. A lot of these citizens in certain African countries do not care as long as that person that they perceived to be a disaster in government is thrown out. And so it might be, you know, that they look at this as, oh, finally, you know, breakthrough and, you know, a better country, a better Guinea, you know, in the near future. But, you know, it always doesn't, you know, turn out that way. The African Union has put out a statement, the Nigerian government, you know, ECOS has also put out a statement. A lot of them also condemn in the school in Guinea, but nobody is sure what exactly would play out next, you know, how this would turn out. And the newest one that was a talk about a transitional government, you know, in the place in Guinea, hoping, you know, that they, you know, very likely would, you know, set the pace for elections sometime in the year. But nobody can really, really predict what happens next. And I'm also very concerned, you know, I mentioned this also earlier about Francophone countries and why a lot of Francophone countries seem to be breaking down. It happened in Chad, happened in Mali, happened also in Haiti with the assassination of the president. And you would always see the president of France eager to, you know, step in, you know, when there's a new government or eager to step in, you know, and share his thoughts, share his views on some of all these things. But what exactly is going on with Francophone countries and, you know, countries that were colonized by France is something that people really, or we need to pay a little bit of attention to and see if there's, you know, there might be a little bit that is hidden beyond, you know, the eyes. You know, in his inaugural address in 2010, for Condé told the people of Guinea that he wanted to be Guinea's Mandela. He wanted to unite every citizen in Guinea and just build a prosperous country. So there was lots of hope, so high hopes for Condé's presidency. You know, but people, you know, look back the past few years and say that he's tenor, his administration has been anything but like Mandela's. And the military say that, you know, that's one of the reasons why they've stepped in. They're saying that they're blaming corruption, endemic corruption and poverty. Critics are also saying that Alpha Condé has failed to deliver the democratic restoration and ethnic reconciliation that he promised. So this is what we're seeing in Guinea right now. I already announced during our top trending that the World Cup qualifier, Schedule to Hold in Guinea has been definitely postponed. And the question remains, what next for Guinea? There's always a perfectly, you know, sweet explanation for a coup. Most coup plotters will always, you know, give pretty much the same reason. Coups all across the world here in Africa and beyond always are blamed on corruption and mismanagement of government and some of all of that. And that's why they are taking over to restore power and to, you know, give the country, the citizens the country that they deserve. And, you know, nine out of ten times it doesn't turn out that way because a lot of these coup plotters really aren't ready for government. They don't understand what it means to actually govern. And, you know, people have pointed that out also in the Afghanistan story that, you know, you can, you know, take over power. But do you understand what this new responsibility is? It's not just about being in control and kicking away Ashraf Ghani. You need to understand what, you know, next you need to do for the people. And you should be capable because eventually the people are going to tell you that you failed. And, you know, it's pretty much the same thing with Guinea now and Mali and with Chad and every other country that has had to deal with some of all of this. In South Sudan also, you know, we've had to deal with this multiple times. But another thing that I would mention is the promises made by people when they take over power. Africa made these promises. Eventually, you know, found himself, you know, stealing the third term, which was initially unlawful. He found himself doing that because, of course, he probably got power drunk and, you know, realized that he didn't want the life outside presidency anymore. He did that. And the Guinean people have obviously not been able to greatly benefit from the presence at the time that he has been in government. I would also mention in Haiti, the late president of Haiti pretty much did the same thing. You know, he got into power for a very, very long time. He campaigned from the outside. He was a favorite to eventually win. And when he got into power, the stories of corruption in Haiti were hard to imagine. If you remember the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, you know, that, you know, led to the loss of thousands and thousands of lives, billions of dollars were donated for the country to be able to fix the country and put them back on their feet again. There has been an ongoing corruption case concerning those billions of dollars that just never seemed to do anything. Nobody seems to know where that money went or what happened to all those funds that were donated for Haiti. And, you know, that's where, of course, you know, the president was mentioned. His companies, his cronies, his political friends, a lot of all of them were blamed for the same corruption until his assassination sometime this year. And so promises, you know, never run out of promises. There's only a few countries in South Africa, in general, that you can look at and say, OK, well, there is some, you know, sense of leadership here. There is some sense of, you know, of progress with regard to leadership. A lot of these countries, there's not really much to hold there. Luckily, there's, you know, a few of them that you can look at and say, OK, they still have at least some institutions, democratic institutions that are able to checkmate government. And you look at that and, you know, maybe look at South Africa and look at what's currently going on with Jacob Zuma from present of South Africa. You can also look at, you know, the Ghanaian president and see that there is, you know, some semblance of institution that puts government in check. Cyril Ramaphosa over the weekend, that's one of the stories I took here on Saturday, had to address, you know, his parliament after he was questioned on certain things. We don't get to see a lot of that, sadly, here in Nigeria. So best of luck to the people of Guinea. We hope that there is actually a transitional government. We hope, you know, rather that the air force and the AU and every other country on the outside is able to find a way to influence and to, you know, create some calm and ensure that this new left-hand corner was taken over power, you know, understands what is at stake. Indeed, that's really what we have. Oh, because when we look at the Mali situation, that junta that ousted the administration of President Ibrahim Bobaketa in Mali in August 2020, it still seems to be a mess. I mean, they set up an 18-month transitional government with the military, you know, heading that. Elections are due in February 2022. So you see how long and how much time it's taking, and there's still pressure from international partners to make sure that, you know, they stick to the election timetable and the deadlines and all of that. So for something that's relatively fresh, happened just on Sunday in Guinea, it's safe to say that when we look at, you know, what happened in Mali, the situation in Guinea might continue to hold sway. The military might continue to hold power in Mali for the next one year. All right, let's wrap it up here this morning. Thank you very much for being a part of our Monday morning, the 6th of September 2021. It's been the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. We do this every weekday, Monday to Friday, 7am to 9am West African time. I am Annette Felix. Thank you for joining us. And of course, if you missed out on any of our conversations this morning, remember to catch up on our social media platforms at Plus TV Africa on Facebook and Instagram. And same with our YouTube channel at Plus TV Africa and Plus TV Africa lifestyle. I have a very interesting Monday ahead. The news comes up next at 9am. I am Usaogi Ogbama.