One of them Abdoul Sacko was found severely tortured near the border with Sierra Leone in February; three others are in jail and the two principal leaders of the Front national pour la défense de la constitution (FNDC) Oumar Sylla (aka Foniké Menguè) and Mamadou Billo Bah have been missing since last July...

Yet in the run-up to Villers-Cotterêts the organisation restored full membership to putschist-governed Guinea – despite a tightening crackdown on human rights and no news of the fate of the democracy activists Oumar Sylla alias Foniké Menguè and Mamadou Billo Bah arbitrarily detained by soldiers in July (Dispatches 30/7/24 Protesters mobilise over fate of democracy activists)...