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Guinea Opposition Figure, Former PM, Sidya Toure Dies In Paris
Sidya Toure, a leading opposition figure for three decades, died after about two weeks in hospital following an illness in Abidjan, sources said.
- Sidya Toure, Guinea's former prime minister and a leading opposition figure, died Friday in Paris at age 81 after hospitalization at the American Hospital following illness in Abidjan.
- Guinean president Lansana Conte appointed Toure as prime minister in July 1996, a role he held until March 1999. During his tenure, Toure distinguished himself as a pragmatic reformer strengthening economic and administrative systems.
- After leaving government, Toure headed one of Guinea's major opposition parties, the Union of Republican Forces , from exile in Ivory Coast following the September 2021 military coup that brought Mamady Doumbouya to power.
- The UFR was among 40 political parties dissolved in March under Doumbouya's crackdown on civil liberties. Doumbouya secured the presidency last December in a vote excluding the UFR and Guinea's other main opposition parties.
- Current Guinean Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah remembered Toure as "a prominent figure in Guinea's political life for three decades," marking recognition of his legacy in West African politics.
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Former Guinean Prime Minister and twice candidate in the presidential election, Sidya Touré, died last night in Paris. The opponent died at the age of 81 without having been able to see his country again.
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