Alpha Condé leaves for treatment in the United Arab Emirates

Published on : 17/01/2022 – 18:31

Overthrown on September 5 by the military, former Guinean President Alpha Condé left Conakry on Monday followingnoon. The President of the Transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, authorized him to go abroad for medical treatment. for humanitarian reasons ».

According to concordant sources, Alpha Condé left Conakry at 2 p.m. local time on a private flight. Direction Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to follow medical care. He is surrounded by several people, including at least one member of the National Assembly and Development Committee (CNRD) and his personal doctor, one of the few trusted people to have been able to consult him regularly since September 5 putsch.

After the coup, the former president was first kept incommunicado, before being placed under house arrest in the suburbs of Conakry. His release was authorized on one condition: that he return to Conakry within a month.

« We have the ECOWAS guarantee “, assures a good source who draws a parallel with the case of the former Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who had also been able to leave for treatment in the United Arab Emirates last year, thanks to negotiations carried out by the organization. West African.

Since the beginning of the discussions, Abu Dhabi was one of the destinations of choice, both for Alpha Condé, which has been able to maintain good relations with the authorities of this country, and for the CNRD, which hopes to maintain the economic agreements concluded in recent years relating in particular on air transport and mining. ” Abu Dhabi is a safe bet since the Emirates also have an interest in maintaining good relations with Conakry », Notes a diplomatic source.

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