FONIJ: Charles Wright calls management of Guinean fund ‘extremely serious’
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mosaiqueguinee
The special prosecutor at Guinea’s Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF), Alphonse Charles Wright, described the management of the National Youth Integration Fund (FONIJ) as ‘extremely serious’. Its director general Abdourahmane Baldé was remanded in custody on 10 November 2026, while Wright recalled the presumption of innocence. He also raised questions about the fund’s legal and financial framework, according to statements on Télé 24 reported by Mosaiqueguinee.
The special prosecutor at Guinea’s Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF), Alphonse Charles Wright, described the alleged management of the National Youth Integration Fund (FONIJ) by its director general, Abdourahmane Baldé, as ‘extremely serious’. Baldé was remanded in custody on 10 November 2026. Charles Wright recalled that the official benefits from the presumption of innocence, while stating that the facts raised during the proceedings are particularly serious, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
The magistrate also challenged the FONIJ’s legal and financial framework, noting that its status as a public administrative establishment does not provide for an investment fund. He referred to a financial allocation of 10 billion Guinean francs whose creation he disputes and said he had questioned Abdourahmane Baldé about its origin, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
Charles Wright finally recounted the confrontation with the FONIJ director general, during which he allegedly told him that he could not return home freely and had to prepare his defence before the judge, reports Mosaiqueguinee. CRIEF announced on 2 November an investigation targeting four officials of the Guinean youth fund.
