Siradiou Diallo (August 25, 1936 in Labé – March 14, 2004 in Paris), a Fulani,[1] was a Guinean journalist and politician of the opposition party Union for Progress and Renewal.

After attending the 7th World Scout Jamboree in Bad Ischl, Austria, he spent four years studying in the capital of Guinea and in 1955, he entered École normale supérieure William Ponty.

[5] Diallo founded, among others, the Comité de Réflexion sur la Démocratie en Guinée (CRDG).

[6] The pressure of the growing opposition created the bloodless coup which led to President Lansana Conté coming to power.

Diallo became the leader of the UPR, a Fulani supported party[8] and worked towards engagement with the electoral process.

At the same time, this alienated the 1998 planned expulsion of over a hundred thousand people, most of whom were Fulani, from a district of Conakry, the Fulbe from the Conté regime.

The elections, however, were boycotted by all major opposition parties, including the UPR, due to lack of fairness.