They are Alpha Condé the pugnacious leader of the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée (RPG) and Cellou Dalein Diallo President of the Union des Forces Démocratiques de Guinée (UFDG) and Prime Minister under the late General Lansana Conté...
Alpha Condé’s RPG is largely financed by Kerfalla Person Camara (known as KPC) boss of the Guicopress company who is both extremely rich and a good friend of Konaté...
Some claim that Alpha Condé’s support comes from big communications companies as well as from Bouygues the huge French building contractors...
The kingmaker if Dalein and Alpha Condé face a second round could be Sidya Touré...
The contenders already lining up include François Lounceny Fall of the Front Uni pour la Démocratie et le Changement Cellou Dalein Diallo of the Union des Forces Démocratiques de Guinée Alpha Condé of the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée and Sidya Touré of the Union des Forces Républicaines...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 |
- GUINEA
- CHINA
The remaining candidates career oppositionist Alpha Condé and former Prime Minister Cellou Dalien Diallo have pledged to work together no matter what the result...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 |
- GUINEA
- CHINA
Neither of the candidates in the second round Cellou Dalein Diallo or Alpha Condé - have committed categorically either to retaining or scrapping the deals...
Thiam's mentor Ibrahima Kassory Fofana former Economy Minister under President Lansana Conté and once close friend of Diallo is now openly backing Alpha Condé...
The three front-runners – the Union des Forces Démocratiques de Guinée’s Cellou Dalein Diallo the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée’s Alpha Condé and the Union des Forces Républicaines’ Sidya Touré – have pledged to review all the mining contracts negotiated under Guinea’s succession of military juntas...
Another rift in the FFVG is between Alpha Condé President of the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée a charismatic Mandingo and Cellou Dalein Diallo the Fulani President of the Union des Forces Démocratiques de Guinée...
The best-placed opposition figures are Alpha Condé of the mainly Mandingo Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée (RPG) and former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo of the mainly Fulani Union pour le Progrès et le Renouveau (UPR)...
In particular Compaoré and Taylor were backing Guinean oppositionist Alpha Condé and his Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée which remain influential...
Long-time oppositionist Alpha Condé has spoken with Camara and urges a more flexible attitude towards the junta...
Vol 50 No 1 |
- WEST AFRICA
The difficulty with the AU and EU position is that almost everyone agrees that Guinea is not ready for elections; even long-time opposition campaigner Alpha Condé spoke to junta leader Camara and agreed that there would have to be a delay if credible elections were to be held...