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Sit-in in Mauritania in support of Alpha Conde

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    A Mauritanian opposition party, l'Union des forces democratiques (UFD) on Thursday staged a sit-in in front of Guinea's consulate in Mauritania in solidarity with detained Guinean politician Alpha Conde, PANA reported.

    The protest came a week after the UFD's commission on human rights organised a debate on the Conde issue and announced that it was sending two lawyers to join the Guinean opposition leader's defence team, PANA said.

    Conde was arrested in December 1998, just days after losing a presidential election. He and 47 members of his Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinee party have been accused of endangering the state.

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