Guinea’s ousted president Conde freed from house arrest
By Saliou Samb
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s former president Alpha Conde has been free of home arrest greater than seven months after he was ousted in a navy coup, the interim authorities mentioned on state tv on Friday.
Conde, 84, had been detained since final September, when particular forces troops overthrew him on allegations of fostering endemic state corruption.
Guinea’s new junta authorities has permitted Conde to obtain guests, and earlier this month allowed him to journey to the United Arab Emirates for a medical examine up.
He’ll proceed to reside at his spouse’s household residence in a suburb of the capital Conakry till renovations on his own residence are accomplished, the interim authorities mentioned in a press release.
Conde’s overthrow was extensively condemned by Guinea’s allies, and led to its suspension from the African Union and the Financial Neighborhood of West African States.
The 15-nation bloc sanctioned Guinea’s junta leaders and has set an April 25 deadline for them to current a timeline for a return to constitutional rule. [L2N2VS1YX]
(Reporting by Saliou Samb; Writing by Cooper Inveen; enhancing by Bernard Orr)
