ECOWAS has suspended Guinea following a recent coup in the country. On Sunday, Guinean special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power and arrested president Alpha Conde, sparking international condemnation. 

Regional bloc ECOWAS convened an extraordinary virtual summit to discuss the turmoil in Guinea on Wednesday.

Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson monitored the summit and reports from Accra