Guinea’s military junta chief General Mamady Doumbouya has banned ministers from travelling abroad without his permission and recalled all those currently out of the country, his office announced.
The statement, issued on Thursday, is effective immediately and until the end of the year, the government’s general secretary said.
“On the instructions of the president”, read the statement, “it is required of all ministers on mission abroad to finish up and return to national territory”.
Several ministers are currently abroad.
Government spokesman Ousmane Gaoual Diallo said the decision was made to cut back on public spending.
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