GUINEA: Former top military officer arrested in continuing swoop

Guinean authorities continued a three-week swoop on perceived opponents of President Lansana Conte's government arresting a former top army officer, Commandant Kadr Doubuya, last Thursday as he was about to board a plane to neighbouring Mali, military sources said. A former head of Guinea’s paratroopers, Doubuya left the army in 1997 following a conviction by a military tribunal for involvement in a plan to overthrow Conte. Sentenced to five years in jail, he was released after serving two years.