Guinea’s President Mamady Doumbouya, absent from the country for over two weeks, is reported to be in “good health,” authorities said Monday.
The 41-year-old leader left Guinea on February 13 to attend an African Union summit in Addis Ababa and has not yet returned.
Doumbouya seized power in a 2021 coup and later won a seven-year presidential term in a vote excluding major opposition leaders.
Since then, he has remained largely out of public view, appearing briefly only during his campaign and to cast his ballot.
In January, he was sworn in before tens of thousands of supporters at a stadium, and he spoke again in February at the AU summit.
Presidential advisor Thierno Mamadou Bah confirmed Doumbouya is healthy and will return to Conakry “in the next few days,” local media reported.
Bah said the president took a short rest during the AU summit and underwent a routine medical check-up, keeping full capacity to govern.
He added, “I can state, with the utmost clarity, that the results are reassuring, everything is going very well.”
Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah also reassured citizens on RFI radio Monday evening, saying the president is “doing well” and will return “within a week.”
Doumbouya’s rule has been marked by a crackdown on civil liberties, the banning of protests, and arrests or exile of political opponents.
Since its independence in 1958, Guinea has experienced a turbulent history of military coups and authoritarian governments, shaping its fragile political landscape.