A joint UN-AU-ECOWAS mission has been in Conakry since Sunday to try to find a solution to the crisis. After meeting on Monday, October 26, officials from Ceni, the government and the diplomatic corps, she went home to her opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Meanwhile, there is still an uncertain calm in the capital Conakry. The violence after the election now amounts to 21 deaths according to the government, about 30 according to the UFDG.
as reported from Conakry, Carol Valade, and our special correspondent Charlotte idrac
Cellou Dalein Diallo would meet the delegation at headquarters of his party, finally took place at his residence in the Dixinn district, surrounded by pickups from the defense and security forces controlling the entrances. Inside the garden, about fifty guards and activists dressed in green polo shirts, in the colors of the UFDG.
For more than two hours, discussions take place in the opponent’s private space. His entourage shows that General Francis Béhanzin, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of ECOWAS was not welcome, he is not present.
Finally, the President of the Commission of the West African Organization Jean-Claude Kassi Brou made a very brief statement. “It is a question of making sure to restore a little more trust between the actors, to restore a little peace, serenity and then especially to stop the violence. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cellou Dalein Diallo and his entire team, with whom we had a very good discussion, very honest exchanges. We continue our consultations. ”
Cellou Dalein Diallo, he says he “does not expect much from these broadcasts”, which, he said, “always sat with Alpha Condé”.
The UFDG claims immediately after the meeting that its two vice-presidents, Fodé Oussou Fofana and Kalemodou Yansané, were arrested by the police. The delegation’s press conference, scheduled for Monday night to take stock of its mission, has been postponed.
“Expertly programmed criminal scenes”
Yesterday, the national front defended the constitution for demonstrations to “protest against President Alpha Condes’ third term”, but in a context where the army, ordered to maintain order, kept all the crossroads in neighborhoods favorable resistance, no one could rally take place. Along the Le Prince route, which crosses neighborhoods known to be favorable to the opposition, there is an oppressive silence that is occasionally disturbed by sporadic shots.
At every crossroads, armed soldiers, gendarmes, police. In the alleys we can see barricades in the distance, but no gathering, despite the call for demonstrations by the FNDC, of which Abdoulaye Oumou Sow is a spokesman. “You have seen that the city is under siege, there are Kalashnikovs everywhere,” he said. Citizens are being withdrawn in the neighborhoods. You notice that since last night, people have become more and more inclined to protect ethnic minorities in their neighborhoods from the defense and security forces. “
From within the neighborhoods, residents accuse the military of abuse, arbitrary arrests, to block access to markets.
During a press conference, the government said civilians would hide like soldiers to shoot people. “These are not simple crimes committed, but they are documented cases of criminal scenes wisely and previously programmed to tarnish the brand image of state institutions,” exposes Me Mory Doumbouya, Minister of Justice.
In Wanidara The deserted road, strewn with dirt, looks like a battlefield. Shards of glass, bodies of two burned trucks, a family in the ruins of their house destroyed during clashes between supporters of the two camps.
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