the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM).
Guinean authorities announced on Sunday the arrest and indictment of several individuals suspected of belonging to terrorist networks, as part of operations conducted in coordination with defense and security forces throughout the country.
According to a statement seen by APA, the investigations led to the arrest in April 2025 of a group of eleven people in the prefectures of Siguiri, Mandiana, and Kankan. The group is composed of
seven Malians, two Nigeriens, one Burkinabe, and one Guinean.
A Malian national, identified as Fotigui Daou, was also arrested in Kankan for alleged membership in a sleeper cell affiliated with the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM). The investigation established links between the suspect and this organisation, as well as his involvement in online radicalisation networks. He admitted to participating in a hostage-taking operation for ransom, thus contributing to the financing of terrorist activities.
Judicial authorities also stated that they had identified several messaging groups linked to GSIM, totaling more than 500 members, including some forty Guineans. Two of them, Ibrahima Sow and Cheick Ibrahima Savane, were arrested in Siguiri and Conakry, respectively.
All the suspects were brought before the Kaloum prosecutor’s office, charged, and placed in detention for complicity in terrorism, criminal conspiracy, and financing terrorism.
These arrests come in a regional context marked by the intensification of jihadist activity in the Sahel. Mali, which shares nearly 900 km of border with Guinea, has faced persistent insecurity for over a decade, fueled by the GSIM and its rival affiliated with the Islamic State, with a recent surge in attacks in southern Mali, near the Guinean border.
The Attorney General’s office called on the public to be vigilant and to cooperate with the authorities, reaffirming that the fight against terrorism is “an absolute national priority.”
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