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Two officials seriously injured in Boké mining truck crash

By , based on Guinéenews

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A command vehicle collided with a mining truck on the road linking Wendou M’Bour to Boké prefecture in Guinea on 21 October 2026. Governor’s chief of staff Hadja Gnalen Condé and regional Mines inspector Ismaël Wattara were among those seriously injured, Guinéenews reports.

A collision between a vehicle carrying administrative officials and a mining truck seriously injured two people on Wednesday 21 October 2026 on AMC’s mining road near Boké, Guinéenews reports. The victims are Hadja Gnalen Condé, the governor’s chief of staff, and Ismaël Wattara, regional inspector for Mines and Geology.

The accident occurred on the road linking Wendou M’Bour to Boké prefecture. Mariama Touré, the chief of staff’s secretary, and the driver, a gendarme, were also injured.

Hadja Gnalen Condé and her secretary were urgently evacuated to ANAIM Hospital in Kamsar. The other victims were taken to Boké Regional Hospital.

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