Meanwhile, the Guinean authorities released opposition leader Marcel Cross on Wednesday after two months in detention. Cross, the secretary-general of the Parti democratique africain de Guinee (PDAG), was Conde’s campaign manager during the presidential elections. He was arrested on the eve of the elections, accused of illegally keeping arms and munitions, and held in Conakry’s central prison. Police found four hunting rifles in his home.
A Guinean political analyst told IRIN today that Cross was a political lightweight and his detention did not have the same public impact as Conde’s.
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