Guinea (a West African nation governed by a military junta since 2021) is experiencing a prolonged liquidity crisis that has left residents in the capital Conakry struggling for months to withdraw money from bank accounts and mobile payment platforms such as Orange Money. Merchants who previously relied on bank intermediaries to replenish their cash reserves say that supply has dried up entirely, forcing shopkeepers to cobble together small sums from their own till to meet customer demand — with withdrawals above one million Guinean francs (roughly €100) now effectively impossible. The causes of the shortage remain unclear, and despite repeated assurances from authorities that the problem would be resolved, the situation has continued to worsen in recent weeks.