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Matthias Raynal

Guinea

Correspondent

Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more than 150 people were massacred by the security forces at an opposition rally in Conakry stadium. Based in the Guinean capital since 2021, where he works in particular with RFI and TV5 Monde, Matthias Raynal devotes a large part of his work to this trial. Before coming to Guinea, he was a correspondent in Tunisia and Morocco.

The verdict is in: Moussa Dadis Camara is sentenced to 20 years in prison, at the September 28 trial in Guinea. Photo: Dadis arrives in the courtroom on the day of his sentencing.

Guinea: Dadis Camara convicted, trial closes leaving questions

At the end of a lengthy final hearing, Guinea’s former president Moussa Dadis Camara and seven other senior officials were found guilty of the massacre of demonstrators at Conakry’s main stadium in 2009, qualified as a crime against humanity. Four other defendants were acquitted. The curtain closed on this extraordinary trial, leaving the parties with […]

By Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)

Trial of the massacre at Conakry stadium (known as the

In Guinea, time for defence arguments in massacre trial

It's time for the closing arguments and indictments (life imprisonment) in the September 28 trial in Conakry, Guinea. Photo: ex-President Moussa Dadis Camara and his co-defendants have left their box, and are seated facing the court, close to the lawyers and magistrates.

In Guinea, the prosecution asks for life sentences

From left to right, Aboubacar Diakité, known as

Guinea massacre trial enters the final stretch

At the 28 September trial in Guinea, will the Conakry stadium massacre be requalified as a crime against humanity? Photo: A participant in the political meeting climbs over a barrier at the stadium (which was crowded) on 28 September 2009.

Guinea: was the stadium massacre a crime against humanity?

In Guinea, the collective of lawyers for the victims of September 28 are concerned about the desertion of witnesses in the face of threats to their safety.

Guinea: frightened witnesses desert the trial

Dr Hassane Bah (forensic pathologist) describes the horror of the massacre in Conakry in 2009, during the

View from hospital and morgue during Guinea’s stadium massacre

Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, is a witness in the 28 September trial in Guinea.

Guinea: Baffoé, one witness with two versions

Oumar Sanoh, a witness at the trial in Conakry (Guinea), is a former Chief of General Staff of the Guinean armed forces.

Guinea massacre trial: it’s time for the witnesses

In Guinea, defendants in the 28 September trial escape. Photo: Guinean security forces set up a roadblock in Kaloum, near Conakry, where the prisoners are being held during their trial.

Guinea stadium massacre: jailbreak undermines the trial

Hearings resume in the 28 September trial in Conakry (Guinea). Photo: Magistrates enter the courtroom.

Conakry massacre trial resumes

Conakry massacre Trial in Guinea - Marcel Guilavogui (former bodyguard of the

At Guinea massacre trial, Dadis Camara is accused by his bodyguard

Funding problems at the Conakry trial in Guinea (

Conakry’s groundbreaking trial threatened by financial issues

Trial of the September 28, 2009 massacre in Guinea - Arbitrary detentions, torture... Victims testify about what happened after.

Conakry trial: torture and arbitrary detention in military camps

Thierno Mamadou Diallo, witness to the 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea.

Guinea Stadium Trial: "There was this boy..."

Ben Youssouf Keïta testifies at the September 28 trial (Conakry, Guinea)

In Guinea, Dadis opposition gives its version of stadium massacre

Oury Baïlo Bah, the brother of a victim of the September 28 massacre, testifies at the trial in Guinea.

Guinea: Victims have their say at the stadium massacre trial

The accused Moussa Dadis Camara faces (from behind) the judges during the September 28 trial in Guinea (Conakry).

Guinea massacre trial: the "Dadis Show" fails to happen

Moussa Dadis Camara exposes his version of events (for the Conkary stadium massacre in 2009) during the September 28 trial in Guinea.

Dadis Camara before a Guinean court: "What forgiveness will I ask for?”