Twenty African civil society organisations have called for an independent and transparent investigation into the discovery of six unidentified male bodies in a mass grave in southwestern Guinea.
The bodies were discovered on Monday, August 24, 2026, in the Sabakhouré area of Allassoyah, in Guinea’s Forécariah prefecture. According to local reports, the victims were found in a forested area with their eyes blindfolded and hands tied.
The discovery was reportedly made after residents noticed unusual signs on the ground while gathering firewood. Authorities were subsequently alerted, prompting the prosecutor in Forécariah and police officers to visit the scene and conduct preliminary investigations.
The bodies were later transferred to the Forécariah prefectural hospital for identification and forensic examinations. However, the identities of the victims and the circumstances surrounding their deaths remain unknown.
Reacting to the incident, 20 African civil society organisations, including groups affiliated with Tournons La Page (TLP), called on the Guinean authorities to ensure that the investigation is independent, impartial and transparent.
The organisations said the condition in which the bodies were found raised serious concerns and called for all possible explanations to be investigated, including the possibility of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. They stressed, however, that the circumstances of the deaths must be established through a credible investigation.
They also demanded the involvement of national and international forensic experts, including the conduct of autopsies and DNA tests to formally identify the victims. The groups further called for the results to be made available to the victims’ families and for witnesses, relatives and human rights defenders involved in documenting the case to be protected.
The organisations noted that the latest discovery comes amid concerns over reported cases of forced disappearances in Guinea. TLP-Guinea says it has documented at least 35 cases of alleged forced disappearances since September 5, 2021. It also pointed to the discovery of four other bodies in the same prefecture in October 2025, for which no public investigation findings had been released.
The Guinean authorities have urged the public to remain calm and avoid speculation while judicial investigations continue. The National Defence and Security Commission said no definitive conclusion could be reached until the ongoing investigations are completed and promised that the findings would be communicated through official channels.
The 20 organisations have also called on regional and international institutions, including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, to support efforts to establish the facts.
For now, the identities of the six victims and the circumstances surrounding their deaths remain unresolved, leaving authorities under pressure to determine what happened and whether anyone should be held responsible.
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