Ex-Guinean President Conde flown abroad for medical care

CONAKRY, Guinea — Former Guinean President Alpha Conde near the state for aesculapian attraction successful the United Arab Emirates aft spending much than 4 months successful the custody of the subject junta that overthrew him, witnesses said Monday.

The junta had announced earlier this period that the 83-year-old erstwhile president was not successful bully wellness and would beryllium seeking attraction abroad. No details were fixed connected his diagnosis, though witnesses astatine the airdrome successful Conakry, the capital, confirmed that his level was en way to Abu Dhabi.

Conde’s ouster successful September came little than a twelvemonth aft helium ran and won a 3rd word successful bureau contempt wide protests. The ex-president had backed a law referendum bending the word bounds rules successful bid to bash so.

In the aftermath of the coup, Guinea’s caller subject rulers had insisted that Conde would not beryllium allowed to permission the state and question exile. Instead, they said they planned to effort him successful transportation with unspecified charges linked to his clip successful power.