After the 1984 military
coup d'état, Kaba was awarded political refugee status in France, and moved with his family to the
16th arrondissement of Paris. While in France, he had cordial relations with Presidents
François Mitterrand and
Jacques Chirac. Starting in the 1990s, while in exile, he had an important role under the opposition politician
Alpha Condé. When his death in
Chad was announced, Condé, by then president of Guinea, went with several members of the government to his home in
Conakry, to offer their condolences to his wife, Kaba Rokhaya Diakité. ==Sport==