L'opposant et ancien Premier ministre guinéen Sidya Touré sera inhumé en Côte d'Ivoire
Following the death of Sidya Touré in Paris on September 25, his family chose to bury him in the country where he spent the majority of his administrative career and where he had been living in exile for nearly five years. A burial in his native country was "inconceivable" due to the "humiliations" he suffered "at the hands of the Guinean authorities," according to an official from his party, which was dissolved last March. Sidya Touré's body is scheduled to arrive in Abidjan this Friday, October 2.
A week after the death of Sidya Touré at the age of 81 on September 25 in Paris, the body of the Guinean opposition leader and former Prime Minister is expected to arrive in Abidjan this Friday, October 2. Twice a presidential candidate in Guinea, he had been living in exile in Ivory Coast for several years, where he will finally be buried.
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Following the arrival of Sidya Touré's body at Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in the early afternoon, several days of official condolences will be held at the family home in Cocody. The burial is scheduled for Thursday, October 8th.
Although Guinean authorities expressed "the wish that he be laid to rest in Guinea," according to Guinean Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah, Sidya Touré's family ultimately chose to bury him in Ivory Coast, the country where he spent the majority of his career in public administration. His burial in Guinea was "inconceivable," explains an official from the Union of Republican Forces (UFR), the party Sidya Touré led, which was dissolved last March. "He suffered too many humiliations at the hands of the Guinean government: even his house was confiscated!" the same source continues.
For nearly five years, the opposition leader had been living in exile in Abidjan where he had maintained a privileged relationship with Alassane Ouattara - whom he affectionately called "big brother" - whose chief of staff he had been in the 1990s, when the latter held the position of Prime Minister.
While no official confirmation has been made regarding his possible attendance at the Ivorian president's funeral, it "seems [too] a given," according to sources close to the head of state, who also indicated that he is "personally involved in organizing the funeral." Another sign of the close bond that united the two men...
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Colère et indignation populaire augmentée par les tenants de l' Ivoirité " d'alors. Voilà ce qu'on disait, il a trahi la Côte d'Ivoire pour retourner en Guinée...".
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