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🇬🇳 GuineaPolitics16 Oct 2026

Guinean court reduces Mohamed Diané’s sentence to four years and eight months

Guinea’s Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Crimes has reduced the sentence of Mohamed Diané, former defence minister under Alpha Condé, to four years and eight months. The appeal verdict, delivered on 15 October 2026, acquitted him of embezzlement of public funds, according to RFI.

Source: RFI

Timeline

1. Friday, 16 October 2026

   • Guinean court reduces Mohamed Diané’s sentence to four years and eight months

     Guinea’s Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Crimes has reduced the sentence of Mohamed Diané, former defence minister under Alpha Condé, to four years and eight months. The appeal verdict, delivered on 15 October 2026, acquitted him of embezzlement of public funds, according to RFI.

     🇬🇳 Guinea · 02:39

2. Thursday, 15 October 2026

   • Guinean prosecution appeals Mohamed Diané case

     Guinean special prosecutor Alphonse Charles Wright announced an appeal to the Court of Cassation against the appeals chamber ruling in the case of former minister Mohamed Diané. He contests the judges’ interpretation of the law and intends to submit his arguments to the Supreme Court, after Diané was convicted at first instance notably of misappropriating public funds, illicit enrichment and money laundering, reports Guinéenews.

     🇬🇳 Guinea · 19:32

   • Guinea: Mohamed Diané sentenced to four years and eight months in prison

     Former Guinean Defence Minister Mohamed Diané has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison and fined three billion Guinean francs for illicit enrichment and money laundering, while being acquitted of embezzling public funds. His lawyer believes he theoretically has only a month and a half left to serve, Guinee7 reports.

     🇬🇳 Guinea · 16:30

   • Diané trial: Guinean state awarded 300 billion francs

     The appeals court of the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences dismissed the charge of embezzlement of public funds against Mohamed Diané, while upholding his convictions for illicit enrichment and money laundering. The Guinean state was awarded 300 billion Guinean francs in damages; the special prosecutor’s office announced an appeal to the Court of Cassation, Guinee360 reports.

     🇬🇳 Guinea · 15:16