Guinea: Dadis Camara's Former Aide-De-Camp Died in Detention · Global Voices
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In Guinea, the prison administration has just announced the death of the former aide-de-camp of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, the doctor-commander Abubacar Diakité says Toumba on the night of Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 March 2026 when he was serving a 10-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity linked to the massacre of 28 September 2009 in a stadium in Conakry.
The former aide-de-camp of Moussa Dadis Camara was serving a ten-year prison sentence for his role in the massacre of 28 September 2009. In Coyah, he had been evacuated to a hospital.
Toumba Diakité died at Coyah's arrest house, where he was serving a ten-year sentence. Aboubacar Toumba Diakité, who was convicted of the trial on 28 September 2009, died after several hours of medical tumults. The news came in a statement published on the official page of the Department of Justice and Human Rights.
The news had the effect of an electric discharge in Conakry on Wednesday. Commander Aboubacar Diakité, known as "Toumba", a central figure in Guinea's recent political and judicial history, died on 25 March 2026 at the Military Hospital of Camp Samory Touré. According to the official communiqué of the National Directorate of the Penitentiary Administration, Commander Diakité, who was serving his sentence at Coyah's arrest house, had been showing…
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