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Three relatives of exiled opposition and a former minister and spokesman under former Guinean President Alpha Condé, Tibou Kamara, were abducted by men in fatigues on Tuesday.
Kamara’s relative, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Kamara’s 84-year-old mother and two other female relatives were “forcibly taken away” on Tuesday evening in Dinguiraye, northeastern Guinea.
“At the time of evening prayer, three pickup trucks parked in front of our compound, and men dressed in fatigues entered the grounds,” the source said.
The source added that the men “seized her, dragged her outside, and forced her and two other family members into the car”.
Since General Mamady Doumbouya came to power in a 2021 coup and was elected as president in December 2025, abductions and enforced disappearances of opposition figures or their family members have increased, turning the West African country into a place where dissent is regularly repressed.
In November 2025, four relatives of exiled musician and opposition figure Elie Kamano were kidnapped. Before the exiled musician’s relatives’ abductions, the father of exiled journalist Mamoudou Babila Keita and government critic was abducted “by unknown assailants” in September that year.
Alseny Farinta Camara of the civil society organisation Tournons La Page (Turn the Page) told AFP on Wednesday that the group has documented 20 people who have been victims of enforced disappearance under the Guinean military regime.
