Guinea’s former prime minister is jailed for 5 years for corruption

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, who was prime minister in the government of former President Alpha Condé, was also fined 2 billion Guinean francs ($230,000) during his sentencing on Thursday

Fofana was convicted of embezzling up to 15 billion Guinean francs ($1.7 million) in public funds from some of the past government’s social welfare programs, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 28 2025

https://apnews.com/article/guinea-fofana-conde-doumbouya-corruption-5bff5221b7dd7f625827a604ae6eee41

qresear.ch lists a couple Fofana WEF members including:

Former positions in several institutions, including Deputy Director, Department of Natural Resources and Agriculture, USAID; February 2010, Adviser on Mines and Energy to the Prime Minister of the transitional government in Guinea. Since January 2011, Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea.

https://www.weforum.org/people/mohamed-lamine-fofana/