{"id":44023,"date":"2026-08-28T14:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44023"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:34:47","slug":"guinea-opens-inquiry-after-mass-grave-found-near-capital","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/guinea-opens-inquiry-after-mass-grave-found-near-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea opens inquiry after mass grave found near capital \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guinean authorities have opened a judicial investigation following the discovery of six bodies in a mass grave in the southwestern prefecture of For\u00e9cariah, approximately 90 kilometres from the capital, Conakry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bodies of the six male victims were discovered on Monday. According to local reporting, the victims were found during exhumation with their eyes bandaged and their hands bound.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The identities of the victims and the exact circumstances surrounding their deaths remain unconfirmed. However, the discovery comes amid heightened concern over a series of unresolved disappearances reported across Guinea in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Providing perspective on the investigation, Alseny Farinta Camara, National Coordinator for the civil society organisation Tournons La Page Guinea, noted that human rights groups are closely monitoring the authorities&#8217; response to ensure a transparent inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30000,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-44023","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Guinea investigates discovery of bound victims in mass grave","published_date":"2026-08-28 14:34:19","news_description":"Guinea investigates discovery of bound victims in mass grave","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44024,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44023\/revisions\/44024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}