Prominent Guinean opposition leader Alpha Conde will stand trial in Conakry on 7 September, Justice Minister Zobelemou Togba announced on Tuesday, media organisations said. AFP reported Togba as saying in a brief statement that the trial would be "equitable and without interference from the authorities".
Conde, head of the Rassemblement du peuple de Guinee (RPG), is charged with "attempting to destabilise the regime, fraudulent transfer of foreign exchange and violence against officials", AFP said.
Foreign politicians and humanitarian bodies have for months been demanding the release of Conde, a presidential candidate in the 1998 elections, who was arrested on 15 December - the eve of the vote - near the border with Cote d'Ivoire.
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