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The Gambia team qualified for the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup, following beating Guinea 1-0, during the match that brought them together today in the round of 16 in the tournament.
The Gambia team owes this victory to its player Musa Barrow, who scored the game’s only goal in the 71st minute.
The Gambia team ended the match with ten men following Youssoufa Njie was sent off in the 87th minute for receiving a second yellow card, and Ibrahima Konte of Guinea received a red card in the third minute of overtime for the match.
The Gambia team advanced to this round, following finishing second in the group, with 7 points, while the Guinean team advanced to this round following finishing second in the second group following collecting four points.
The Gambia team will meet in the quarter-finals with the winner of the match between Cameroon and Jerez Al-Qamar.
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ex-president Alpha Condé treated in the United Arab Emirates
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
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The Guinean junta granted former President Alpha Condé leave Conakry on Monday to undergo medical examinations in the United Arab Emirates. She allows him a stay of up to one month, she said on Tuesday.
The information had been circulating for a few hours. The ousted president of the Guinea Alpha Conde was able to leave Conakry on Monday to receive medical treatment for United Arab Emirates, declared Tuesday January 18 the military junta in power, which gave its prior agreement to this departure for a period of one month maximum.
The junta released a video on social media with the caption indicating that the 83-year-old former president, removed from power by a military coup in 2021, had left for treatment in the United Arab Emirates.
Alpha Condé, escorted and trudging along, goes to an unidentified airport before boarding a plane, according to these images.
“It is urgent for me to go for treatment, it is my concern,” he said. “I’m sure to be well looked following” there.
A request from ECOWAS
At the head of the country for nearly eleven years, Alpha Condé was overthrown on September 5, 2021 by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya and his men. He was held incommunicado for twelve weeks until the junta allowed him to stay with his wife in the suburbs of Conakry.
The junta is said to have been reluctant to let him leave the country, fearing plots on his part once morest the new power, but it authorized him to leave the country at the end of December for medical examinations.
His release was one of the demands of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with the holding of elections within six months. This body suspended Guinea and individually sanctioned members of the junta led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who has had himself invested as transitional president.
Alpha Condé has been authorized to leave Guinea when the justice has just ordered the opening of investigations into the alleged crimes committed under his presidency.
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Alpha Condé leaves for treatment in the United Arab Emirates
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
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Overthrown on September 5 by the military, former Guinean President Alpha Condé left Conakry on Monday followingnoon. The President of the Transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, authorized him to go abroad for medical treatment. for humanitarian reasons ».
According to concordant sources, Alpha Condé left Conakry at 2 p.m. local time on a private flight. Direction Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to follow medical care. He is surrounded by several people, including at least one member of the National Assembly and Development Committee (CNRD) and his personal doctor, one of the few trusted people to have been able to consult him regularly since September 5 putsch.
After the coup, the former president was first kept incommunicado, before being placed under house arrest in the suburbs of Conakry. His release was authorized on one condition: that he return to Conakry within a month.
« We have the ECOWAS guarantee “, assures a good source who draws a parallel with the case of the former Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who had also been able to leave for treatment in the United Arab Emirates last year, thanks to negotiations carried out by the organization. West African.
Since the beginning of the discussions, Abu Dhabi was one of the destinations of choice, both for Alpha Condé, which has been able to maintain good relations with the authorities of this country, and for the CNRD, which hopes to maintain the economic agreements concluded in recent years relating in particular on air transport and mining. ” Abu Dhabi is a safe bet since the Emirates also have an interest in maintaining good relations with Conakry », Notes a diplomatic source.
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A look back at the highlights of the day on Monday, January 10! And focus on the main posters for this Tuesday.
► The Morocco wins his shock at the Ghana ! the Senegal, the Gabon and the Guinea be reassured.
► Focus on the main posters of today with the entry in the running of the holder of the title ” l’invincible » Algeria opposed to Sierra Leone, et Mohamed Salahh and his Pharaohs who will face the Nigeria !
► European football: League 1 – The PSG snatch the draw from Lyon and thank his young people! Football – The Juventus overturns the table in Rome but loses Chiesa for a long time! What consequence for the old lady and for Italy?
To discuss it around Annie Gasnier: Ibrahima Traoré and Xavier Barret – David Fintzel –
Technique / Director: Laurent Salerno
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