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Ahmed Kanté trial adjourned until 30 November in Guinea

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Guinea’s Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences has adjourned the trial of Ahmed Kanté and his lawyer, Me Aboubacar Sidiki Kanté, until 30 November. Witnesses are due to be heard on that date, while Ahmed Kanté is expected to return after medical treatment abroad, according to his lawyers and proceedings reported by Mosaiqueguinee.

The trial of former Guinean business leader Ahmed Kanté and his lawyer, Me Aboubacar Sidiki Kanté, has been adjourned until 30 November by the trial chamber of the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF), Mosaiqueguinee reports. The adjournment is intended to allow witnesses and Ahmed Kanté to appear.

Only the lawyer appeared at the hearing on Monday 19 October. According to the defence, Ahmed Kanté is abroad for medical treatment. The chamber’s president, Alpha Camara, also referred to a letter from the president of the Guinean Bar Association, dated 12 October, which noted disciplinary proceedings and requested that the case be stayed.

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