African NGOs demand probe into six bodies found in Guinea mass grave

The bodies were found bound and blindfolded in the Forecariah administrative prefecture on August 24.Published On 1 Sep 20261 Sep 2026A group of 20 African civil society organisations has called for an independent investigation into the discovery of six unidentified bodies in a mass grave in Guinea.The call on Sunday came after local men gathering firewood stumbled upon the six male bodies in the village of Alassoya in Lower Guinea’s Forecariah administrative prefecture on August 24.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4One ‘party state’: Guinea dissolves main opposition partieslist 2 of 4‘Before, the land sustained us’: Who benefits from Guinea’s bauxite wealth?list 3 of 4Advocacy groups file complaint against Ghana over Trump deportationslist 4 of 4Photos: Towering landfill collapse kills 30 in Guinea’s capital, Conakryend of listThe bodies were found bound and blindfolded.Guinea’s Armed Forces have confirmed the discovery.The NGOs included the Afrikajom Centre and several branches of the Tournons La Page (TLP), an organisation that unites citizens’ movements across a dozen African countries.They demanded that “all hypotheses be examined as part of an independent, imparti...