Alpha Conde's buddies K-Energie and AON targeted by opposition

摘要

As the pressure mounts before the localrnelections in February and power outagesrncause protests in the capital, the Guineanrnopposition has jumped on the occasionrnto make energy its warhorse. Oppositionrnleader Cellou Dalein Diallo publicallyrndenounced the shady awarding ofrncontracts to companies suspected of settingrnpower prices above market levels.rnThese include Mauritanian group AON,rnowned by businessman Abdallahi OuldrnNoueigued, cousin of former Mauritanianrnpresident Maaouiya Ould Taya and supporterrnof current head of State MohamedrnOuld Abdel Aziz. His son Mohamed OuldrnNoueigued, heads the Banque nationalernde Mauritanie, which has been investingrnin a number of projects in Guinea overrnthe past few years.