Guinea: "I expect a lot from Colonel Doumbouya, he has a big role to play for the future of the country"
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People celebrate in the streets with members of the Guinean armed forces after the arrest of Guinean President Alpha Condé during a coup in Conakry on September 5, 2021. AFP - CELLOU BINANI
By: Charlotte Idrac Follow
5 mins
He is one of the 79 prisoners released Tuesday evening, September 7, after the military coup that overthrew Alpha Condé just a week ago.
Foniké Menguè, whose real name is Oumar Sylla, is one of the leaders of the FNDC, the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution which mobilized against a third term of Alpha Condé.
Arrested twice, he spent a total of 16 months in Conakry central prison.
What does he expect from the new authorities?
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