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		<title>Africa: Highs and Lows of the 2012 African Cup of Nations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[People unite around their national football teams in Africa more than anywhere else in the world.  In the fervour surrounding the 2012 African Cup of Nations, there are two points that attract the attention of bloggers.  The first is the absence of the usual great nations of African football and the second is that of the complicated issue surrounding bonuses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beyond their ethnic, political and regional divides, people unite together around their national football team. We saw the First Lady of Gabon dancing like an excited schoolgirl every time one of the eleven players of the &#8216;Azingo Nationale&#39; scored a goal and became “the Panthers” for their country.</p>
<p>The people of Equatorial Guinea were ecstatic with the qualification of their national team, languishing in the midst of one of the most ferocious dictatorships. According to Human Rights Watch, journalists who have visited the country to <a href="http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2012/01/13/guin-e-quatoriale-le-gouvernement-continue-de-violer-les-droits-humains-tout-en-se-p">report on the human rights situation</a> have been detained, interrogated, censored and deported.</p>
<p>In the fervour surrounding the 2012 African Cup of Nations, there are two key points that attract attention. The first is the absence of some of the higher achieving teams in African football.</p>
<p>Michael Dodje&#39;s blog <a href="http://micdoedjemichel.over-blog.com/article-can-2012-la-nouvelle-formule-du-football-africain-97485799.html">explains</a> [fr] the unusual goings-on in this year&#39;s Cup of Nations:</p>
<blockquote><p>Imagine a Euro competition without Germany, Spain, Holland and England. Impossible you say, even though Ukraine or Poland would not have to participate in the qualifying rounds as host nations. And yet, this is what happened in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Indeed, for the first time in ages we will not see Egypt, Cameroon, Algeria, Nigeria or even South Africa in this championship. How did this happen?</p></blockquote>
<p>Remembering that the five teams mentioned above have won 15 out of 27 previous Cup of Nations tournaments. Nicholas Mc Anally on le229.com <a href="http://le229.com/sport/2011/12/30/que-vaut-la-can-2012/">responded</a> [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p>…If these teams do not qualify then there will be others to replace them. It&#39;s a breath of fresh air seeing teams like Botswana, Niger and Equatorial Guinea making their debuts in the Cup of Nations.</p></blockquote>
<p>Another novelty in this year&#39;s Cup is the way that the thorny issue of bonuses has been resolved. A post on the blog plat du pied <a href="http://platdupied.com/2011/11/15/le-match-entre-lalgerie-et-le-cameroun-annule-aa-cause-des-primes/">explained</a> [fr] what happened on the 15 November, 2011:</p>
<blockquote><p>After the cancellations of the matches against China, Gabon, Salvador and Mexico, Cameroon has again cancelled a friendly match at the last minute for the fifth time since the start of the season.  The players went on strike, once again, in protest against the federation over their bonuses for the match.</p></blockquote>
<p>On the same blog, a statement issued by the Cameroon players, known as the &#8216;Indomitable Lions&#39;, said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Due to the absence of attendance bonuses, the players have decided not to travel to Algiers and to not play any part in the match against Algeria scheduled for the 15 November.</p></blockquote>
<p>Different solutions to the problem have been found by building on past negative experiences. A <a href="http://www.marocfootball.info/lions-de-l-atlas/8598-can-2012-quelle-prime-pour-les-lions-de-latlas-.html">post</a> [fr] on the blog marocfootball.info, concerning the Moroccan national team, the &#8216;Atlas Lions&#39; stated that:</p>
<blockquote><p>The President of the highest court in Moroccan football announced that a deal has been made with the Atlas Lions in that they accept that they will not receive any form of attendance bonus if they fail to reach the quarter finals of the 2012 African Cup of Nations.</p></blockquote>
<p>Côte d&#39;Ivoire, not long out of a prolonged and disastrous civil war, will pay their national team the &#8216;Elephants&#39; a bonus of 5 billion CFA francs (1 million US dollars) if they win the final. The blog afrik11.com <a href="http://www.afrik11.com/ligues/cote-divoire/19379-cote-divoire-can-2012--5-milliards-pour-les-elephants.html">states</a> [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p>The 23 players in the side receive 5 million CFA francs (10,000 USD) in attendance bonuses. This amount will be paid if the team is eliminated in the first round. In the quarterfinals, the bonus of each player will rise to 8 million, rising further to 10 million in the semifinals and then to 20 million in the final (40,000 USD). The coach, Zahoui François will also enjoy his share of the pie, receiving double the bonuses of his players.</p></blockquote>
<p>afrik11.com also <a href="http://afrik11.com/ligues/autres-afrique/19386-mali-can-2012-les-primes-deja-empochees.html">comments</a> [fr] on the bonuses paid to the Mali national team, the &#8216;Eagles of Mali&#39; at the beginning of January:</p>
<blockquote><p>Earlier this week the Malian football team received their bonuses for qualifying for the 2012 African Cup of Nations. Two hundred million CFA francs (40,000 USD) were given in cash to the players and coaching staff before the national team left Lomé (Togo) for the final stage in their preparations for the competition.</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_96163" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://yfrog.com/nwololaj" rel="attachment wp-att-96163"><img class="size-medium wp-image-96163  " title="The Equatorial Guinea team in training by @FlorianK_Sport" src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Guinée-Equatoriale-375x281.jpg" alt="The Equatorial Guinea team in training by @FlorianK_Sport" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Equatorial Guinea team in training by @FlorianK_Sport</p></div>
<p>Equatorial Guinea, co-hosts of the event, is a country unable to build a stadium capable of hosting a match due to the frequent rains. Yet abidjan.net posted a blog surrounding their <a href="http://news.abidjan.net/h/424105.html">first victory</a> [fr] in the competition<em>:</em></p>
<blockquote><p>Teodorin Obiang, the Minister for Agriculture presented a cheque for 500 million CFA francs (760,000 euros) to Francisco Pascual Eyegue Obama Asué, the Minister for Sport, in the absence of the national team in Mbini (mainland Mali). He added a cheque for 20 million CFA francs (30,400 euros), 10 million that had been promised for each goal scored ; the team only won the match 1-0 but he explained that the goal disallowed by the referee deserved to be credited with a bonus.</p></blockquote>
<p>This blog points out that the actions of Teodorin, tipped to succeed his father as president, are under scrutiny by the Americans.</p>
<p>The generosity of petrodollars being used for the bonuses for the Equatorial Guinea football team makes the Republic of Guinea look like a poor relation. In Conakry, the first problem was in trying to find the money to pay for the bonuses. As reported by lejourguinee.com, the country set up a <a href="http://lejourguinee.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6621%3Acan-2012-un-comite-mis-en-place-pour-soutenir-le-sily-national-&amp;catid=16&amp;Itemid=37&amp;lang=">National Committee for Support</a>, led by General Mathurin Bangoura, Minister for Housing and Urban Development with the aim of raising funds for the bonuses. Notably, the first contributions came from the Indian community settled in the country.</p>
<p>The least well-spent money during the tournament, without doubt, has to be the bonuses awarded to the &#8216;Teranga Lions&#39;, the Senegalese national team, who had entered the competition as strong favourites and fell at the first hurdle. Yet, at the beginning of the competition the blog can.starafrica.com <a href="http://can.starafrica.com/fr/can2012/article/view/can-2012-senegal-les-primes-payees-213113.html">stated</a> [fr] that:</p>
<blockquote><p>There are some concerns surrounding the bonuses given to the Senegalese side.  On Wednesday the Sports Ministry gave the squad bonuses amounting to 140, 650,000 francs in full for their qualification for the 2012 African Cup of Nations.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Africa: 2012 Cup of Nations Delivers Many Surprises</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first round of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations has been full of surprises as tournament favourites, such as Senegal and Morocco, have already been eliminated. Tweets from around Africa show how the whole continent has been captivated by the tournament.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unlike Senegal, who failed to win their opening match in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana, another competition favourite, managed to win their opener, beating Botswana, who were participating in this tournament for the first time. This, the first match in Group D, took place on Tuesday 24 January in the Stade de Franceville, Gabon.</p>
<p>The Black Stars of Ghana finished the match with ten men following a red card for John Mensah in the 66th minute. They did all they could <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/ghana-botswana-1-0-149389-videos.html" target="_blank">to win</a> [fr], and were not phased, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/SammyBotchway/status/162224191737827328">FourFourTwo</a>, who tweeted:</p>
<blockquote><p>#Ghana show no remorse over Mensah red bit.ly/xkpul2 #AFCON2012</p></blockquote>
<p>Botswana fought bravely during their first ever appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations. A video summary of the Ghana-Botswana match is available <a href="http://sport.direct8.fr/news/video-resume-du-match-de-can-ghana-botswana/">here</a> [fr], courtesy of Direct 8 Sport.</p>
<p>Mali met Guinea for the other opening day Group D game, which saw the Eagles off to a promising start in the tournament, beating Guinea 1-0. Boukary Konaté, a Global Voices author who tweets under the name <a href="http://twitter.com/fasokan">@Fasokan</a> [fr], posted reactions from the stadium in Macina, Mali:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Fasokan/status/161914116267704320">@Fasokan</a>: Grand bruit et applaudissement à Macina pour le but malien #can2012</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">@Fasokan: Loud noise and applause from Macina following Mali&#39;s goal.</div>
<p>and also [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://twitter.com/Fasokan/status/161912979414200321">@Fasokan</a>: les supporters de Macina espèrent sur un deuxième but malien</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">@Fasokan: Fans from Macina are hoping for a second goal from Mali.</div>
<p>On Wednesday 25, the first match on Day 2 of Group A, Zambia versus Libya, resulted in the first nil-nil draw of the competition. Torrential rain caused kick-off to be delayed by an hour and a quarter with the match finally starting at 6.15pm, after some doubt as to whether it would go ahead.</p>
<p>Zambia were anxious to secure their place in the quarter finals against a Libyan team who seemed re-energised following their <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/01/25/africa-2012-cup-of-nations-kicks-off/">defeat </a>on the opening Saturday of the tournament. The match was played on a waterlogged pitch, as can be seen in this photo <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/_Alex_N/status/162212665513607168/photo/1">posted</a> by Alexandre Nakbi (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Alex_Nak">@Alex_Nak</a>), showing its condition moments before kick off [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/_alex_n/status/162212665513607168">@Alex_Nak</a>: Voila l&#39;état du terrain actuellement. #CAN2012 #Libye #Zambie pic.twitter.com/MSHrD1ae</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">@Alex_Nak: Here is the state of the pitch right now. #CAN2012 #Libye #Zambie pic.twitter.com/MSHrD1ae</div>
<p>Rain also delayed the Day 2 Group A match between Senegal and Equatorial Guinea. Tournament favourites Senegal were eliminated in a surprise 2-1 win for Equatorial Guinea, assuring a place for the latter in the quarter finals. The defeat of the Lions of Teranga <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w39pURQ1qmw&amp;feature=player_embedded">greatly disappointed</a> [fr] their fans:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/observateurs/status/162455987754774528">@observateurs</a>: Le Sénégal sort de la CAN. &#8220;On aurait dit des jeunes de centre de formation&#8221; #can2012 fb.me/10kgX5eNf</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">@observateurs: Senegal exit the Cup of Nations. &#8220;They looked like kids from a training camp&#8221; #can2012</div>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/founseni_soro">@founseni_soro</a>: Sénégal Grande nation de football, . mais aussi grande déception de la CAN2012. Allez les zelephants #civ2010</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">@founseni_soro: Senegal - a great footballing nation, but great disappointment in the 2012 Cup of Nations.</div>
<p>In Day 2 of Group B, Angola could not overcome Sudan, one of the weakest teams in the Cup, despite two goals from Manuchi on Thursday 26 January in Malabo Stadium, Equatorial Guinea. If they had won, Angola would have qualified for the quarter finals. The four goals from the match can be seen in the following video [fr]:</p>
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<p>Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso met at Malabo later that day for the second match in Day 2 of Group B. The Elephants of Ivory Coast beat the Stallions 2-0, qualifying for the quarter finals while Burkina Faso were eliminated.</p>
<div id="attachment_96156" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://yfrog.com/mn3j8jwj"><img class="size-full wp-image-96156 " title="Fans of Ivory Coast watching the match against Sudan by @Florian" src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/can-2012.jpg" alt="Fans of Ivory Coast watching the match against Sudan by @FlorianK_Sport" width="480" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fans of Ivory Coast watching the match against Sudan by @FlorianK_Sport</p></div>
<p>Day 2 of Group C on the Friday saw Gabon beat Morocco 3-2 and Tunisia beat Nigeria 2-1, securing quarter final places for the Panthers of Gabon and the Eagles of Carthage.</p>
<p>The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations can be followed on the <a href="http://www.eurosport.fr/football/coupe-d-afrique-des-nations/eventnews.shtml" target="_blank">BBC website</a> and on Twitter using the hashtags <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23CAN2012">#CAN2012</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23AFCON2012">#AFCON2012</a>.</p>
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		<title>Africa: 2012 Cup of Nations Kicks Off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Horlor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Africa Cup of Nations began in Bata, Equatorial Guinea this Saturday, January 21, kicking off three weeks of fierce competition.  The Cup is the most important international football competition in Africa.]]></description>
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<p>The Africa Cup of Nations began in Bata, Equatorial Guinea this Saturday January 21, 2012, kicking off three weeks of fierce competition. The Cup of Nations, the most important international football competition in Africa, is taking place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea between January 21 and 12 February.</p>
<p>Supporters in Africa and around the world have been enjoying the build-up to the two opening matches; dancing, light and sound were all part of the spectacle:</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 284px"><img class=" " title="GaGuie the Mascot! With GAGUIE : GA as in Gabon, GUI as in Guinea and E as in Equatorial! Image from fr.cafonline.com with permission" src="http://fr.cafonline.com/images/news/1326345328-b.jpg" alt="GaGuie the Mascot! With GAGUIE : GA as in Gabon, GUI as in Guinea and E as in Equatorial! Image from fr.cafonline.com with permission" width="274" height="336" /><p class="wp-caption-text">GaGuie the Mascot! With GAGUIE : GA as in Gabon, GUI as in Guinea and E as in Equatorial! Image from fr.cafonline.com with permission</p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a round up of the first three days of the tournament.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Matchday One<br />
</strong></p>
<p>Libya took on Equatorial Guinea in the curtain raiser on 21 January, and it was co-hosts Equatorial Guinea, making their tournament debut, who took a surprise 1-0 win.</p>
<p>With just six minutes remaining, Balboa, the Equatorial Guinea number 11 finally <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40bsB8bLvk&amp;feature=player_embedded">opened the scoring</a> after a one-on-one with the Libyan goalkeeper. The score stayed 1-0 until the final whistle, to the delight of the Equatorial Guinea fans who had packed the stadium.</p>
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<p>The Senegalese fluffed their entry to the competition with a 2-1 <a href="http://www.rfi.fr/afrique-foot/20120121-can-2012-senegal-zambie-can">defeat</a> inflicted by Zambia on the same day. Senegal fans took to the web to place the blame on coach of the national team.</p>
<p>Touy wrote on <a href="http://seneweb.com">Seneweb News</a> [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p>le souci avec un entraîneur local c&#39;est que même s&#39;il se rend compte que  le capitaine par exemple Niang n&#39;est pas au niveau il aura la crainte  la peur ou la pudeur de le faire sortir au détriment de la victoire bien  sur!!</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The problem with having a local coach is that even if he realises that the captain, let&#39;s say Niang, is not good enough he&#39;ll either be afraid or too modest to take him off, to the detriment of getting the win of course!</div>
<p><a href="http://www.rfi.fr/afrique-foot/20120121-can-2012-senegal-zambie-can#comment-269128">Amara Traoré</a> [fr] on RFI sheds some light on the subject for us:</p>
<blockquote><p>Tout le monde savait avant même le début de la CAN que les zambiens sont très vifs et utiliseraient cette vivacité pour gérer les sénégalais  beaucoup plus costauds. Alors lui l’entraîneur et son staff devraient  trouver un bon système pour les contenir avant de les attaquer.Donc je  trouve kil n&#39;a pas fais son boulot qui était de voir les choses venir et  de jouer avec des joueurs rapides mais surtout de ne pas trop bourrer  cette attaque ou personne ne se retrouve .</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Everyone knew, even before the Cup of Nations began, that the Zambians are very energetic and would use that energy to combat the much bigger and stronger Sengalese. So the coach and his staff should find a system to contain thembefore going on the attack. He hasn&#39;t done his job which is to anticipate and play fast players but above all not to throw men forward who then can&#39;t find each other.</div>
<p><strong>Matchday Two </strong></p>
<p>The second matchday saw the entry of one of the competition favourites: the &#8216;Elephants&#39; of Côte d&#39;Ivoire. A magnificent strike by Didier Drogba in the 39th minute secured the victory for Côte d&#39;Ivoire over Sudan. The win for the Elephants wasn&#39;t enough for every Ivorian fan on the net however. Many felt that they could have done better.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/phoxhermann.nguessan">Phox Hermann</a> [fr] said:</p>
<blockquote><p>la vérité est bonne à dire heinnn. ELEPHANT ke moi jai vu là c N&#39;IMPORTE KOI</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Good to tell the truth, riiight. That was no ELEPHANT that I saw</div>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Bi-Tia-Vincent-Toh/1362083191">Bi Tia Vincent Toh</a> [fr] added:</p>
<blockquote><p>la conservation d&#39;un unique but nous a donné des sueurs froides.<br />
Que Mr Gervino soit un peu plus réaliste devant les buts,<br />
Que Mr Yaya Touré regagne sa place au milieu et joue effectivement comme à city<br />
Que la defense cesse d etre trop permeable,</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">keeping hold of a one goal lead brought us out in a cold sweat.<br />
If only Mr Gervino [sic] was more realistic in front of goal,<br />
If only Mr Yaya Touré could get his place back in the middle and play as well as he does at city<br />
If only the defence stopped leaking,</div>
<p>Angola also played their first game and overpowered Burkina Faso with a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2tgdrKQ4M">2-1 victory</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FH2tgdrKQ4M?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><strong>Matchday Three </strong></p>
<p>Gabon, the second co-host team of the 2012 Cup of Nations showed their strength with a 2-0 win over Niger, the opening Group C match of the tournament played in a fantastic atmosphere in the Stade de l&#39;Amitié in Libreville.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003352054345" target="_blank">Rodrigue Magaya</a> [fr] commented on Aubameyang&#39;s goal on Facebook:</p>
<blockquote><p>que dire?!!!merci aux gars, il fallait ça pour la beauté du spetacle et   naturelement monter a tt nos adversaires que nous sommes la!!bien en   place et on a pas peur!!!vive la can, et vive encore plus nos   pantheres;que Dieu benisse le gabon!!!!!!</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">what can I say?!!!thanks to the lads, we needed that for the beauty of the contest and naturally to show all our opponents that we&#39;re here!!right on the spot and with no fear!!long live the cup of nations, and may our panthers live even longer;God bless Gabon!!!!!!</div>
<p>The 2012 Cup of Nations can be followed on <a href="http://www.google.com.tr/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=tv5+monde+can+2012&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CCcQFjAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tv5.org%2Fcms%2Fchaine-francophone%2FSports%2Ffootball%2Fcan%2Fp-19495-Coupe-d-Afrique-des-Nations-2012.htm&amp;ei=u6keT6S5M8qd-QbQ4IjRDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXgeOwrMFDnJ3oLd9zJ5K8J4FYuQ&amp;sig2=G5Y6fNcuWFq0M-dGEJhXjw">TV5 Monde</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com.tr/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=canal%2B+afrique+can+2012&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;ved=0CDQQFjAD&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canalplus-afrique.com%2FProgrammes%2FSport%2FCAN-2012&amp;ei=-qkeT7L_OcHm-gblrcW7Dw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4R2p5qgXeYk_E1xo1uTQifm605Q&amp;sig2=E3t6Y6H7ax8s9Pwvo2nC5w">Canal+ Afrique</a> and on Twitter and Google+ via the hashtags <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23CAN2012">#CAN2012</a> (in French) et <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23ACN2012">#ACN2012</a> (in English).</p>
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		<title>Francophone Africa: The Important Literary Contributions from Former Colonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Solène TRETOUT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Genevan blog of Rémi Mogenet, Le Savoyard de la Tribune, explains with supporting examples that [fr]: &#8220;Mythological African traditional stories have made a remarkable entrance into francophone literature&#8221;. He quotes the Mandika epic tale of Soundjata, written and published in French by Guinean D. T. Niane, as well as, for... ]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alimou Sow <a href="http://lims.mondoblog.org/?p=497">lists 10 rules </a>[fr] for flirting in Conakry in his blog entitled &#8216;Ma Guinée Plurielle&#39;: &#8220;Like everywhere else, flirting in Conakry follows rules which evolve over time. Here are 10 of them, drawn from a small sample survey and expanded upon through my own personal experience.  Guys: get ready, get set and get flirting!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Discovering Paris from a Guinean Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Holland Fleig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guinean blogger @limsow who recently moved to Paris for an internship, describes [fr] a less-hostile capital than expected on Guinée Plurielle: “I already know how to take the RER (the C line) to go down to Vitry Sur Seine  or to get to Avenue du Président Kennedy, in the 16th... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guinean blogger <a href="http://mondoblog.org/members/limsow/">@limsow</a> who recently moved to Paris for an internship, <a href="http://lims.mondoblog.org/?p=505#comment-632">describes </a>[fr] a less-hostile capital than expected on Guinée Plurielle: “I already know how to take the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER">RER </a>(the C line) to go down to Vitry Sur Seine  or to get to Avenue du Président Kennedy, in the 16th <em>arrondissement.</em> I am also familiar with the metro now, after many: “Please, is this the line that goes to X?”. Contrary to what people have told me, my questions are so far always answered, and with a smile.”</p>
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		<title>Guinea: Another Bloody and Violent September 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 28 is a date feared by all Guineans whether they live in their country or abroad. This year opposition activists demonstrated peacefully to denounce the government's unilateral acts, but suppression was fierce.]]></description>
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<p>Another September 28 and yet again another day of violence against the unarmed civilian population of Conakry. <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/02/guinea-outrage-grief-after-brutal-massacre/">This date</a> [en] is feared by all Guineans whether they live in their country or elsewhere.</p>
<p>This year the factions of the opposition, combined within the Collective of the Political Parties for the Finalisation of the Transition, <a href="http://www.guinee58.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=3861:le-collectif-des-partis-politiques-appelle-les-guineens-de-linterieur-et-de-lexterieur-a-manifester-a-partir-du-27-septembre-2011-jusqua&amp;catid=34:politique&amp;Itemid=54">called its activists</a> to a peaceful demonstration on 27 September to denounce the government&#39;s unilateral acts.  But suppression was once again fierce.</p>
<div id="attachment_82750" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-82750" href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/30/russia-another-journalist-death/82748-revision/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-82750 " title="September 28 anniversary in Guinea" src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Guinee-375x260.jpg" alt="September 28 anniversary in Guinea via Guinée50 Facebook page &amp;nbsp;(with their permission) &amp;nbsp;" width="375" height="260" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">September 28 anniversary in Guinea via Guinée58 Facebook page  (with their permission)  </p></div>
<p><strong>Reports of violence</strong></p>
<p>The blog amdys.over-blog.com, <a href="http://amdys.over-blog.com/article-l-opposition-accuse-le-pouvoir-de-semer-un-climat-de-terreur-a-caractere-ethinique-85428294.html">released a statement</a> from the Collective denouncing the violence which was aiming to:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230; create a climate of terror in the neighbourhoods of Hamdallye, Bambeto, Cosa and Wanindara.  According to this statement, the forces of order in league with private militia, called &#8220;donzo&#8221; (traditional hunters), are beating, injuring and arresting some residents of these areas.</p></blockquote>
<p>The demonstrations which began on 27 September continued until 29 September. The blog barkere.net <em> </em>released an <a href="http://barkere.net/index.php/10-nouvelles/politique/1917-la-guinee-doit-ouvrir-une-enquete-sur-les-personnes-tuees-lors-dune-manifestation-de-lopposition">audio and written statement</a> from Amnesty International, saying:</p>
<blockquote><p>One protestor told Amnesty International he had witnessed police killing  another demonstrator: “The security forces chased us and began beating  some of us with their truncheons. We ran away and one of us fell down. A  member of the security forces leant over him and stabbed him to death.”</p>
<p>Another eyewitness who spoke to Amnesty International reported that security forces had entered private compounds and looted some of the houses.</p></blockquote>
<p>According to the site gbassikolo.com, the prosecutor, Mohamed Said Haidara, made a statement on the state media, <a href="http://www.guineelibre.com/article-declaration-du-procureur-mohamed-said-haidara-85459554.html">with this assessment:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Following these events, the security services took 178 suspects including 7 minors and 4 women to the police station for questioning, and 144 suspects including 4 women, according to the police station. In total, that&#39;s 322 suspects.</p></blockquote>
<p>In a <a href="http://www.guineenews.org/articles/detail_article.asp?num=2011930142143">statement issued</a> on guineenews.org, the government rejects the comments by Amnesty International and advises that:</p>
<blockquote><p>all the minors of 13 years of age who were arrested have been freed and those between 15 and 17 years have also been freed.</p></blockquote>
<p>A comment from guineeconakry.info on <a href="http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&amp;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10294&amp;cHash=aab05bb223ffbe4489215b52761d77f5">the announcement</a> by the government about the beginning of dialogue:</p>
<blockquote><p>Although it is particularly regrettable that the government and the opposition accepted this solution through dialogue only after Guineans had been killed and/or wounded and only after extensive material damage had occurred, we must nevertheless hope this new round is nothing but an attempt to impress.</p></blockquote>
<p>Demonstrations took place in several cities around the world to denounce the violence and expose the fact that those responsible for the events of 28 September, 2009, have not been brought to justice (read a soldier&#39;s testimony <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/11/guinea-a-soldiers-testimony-on-the-massacre-of-september-28-in-conakry/">here</a> [en]).  According to a statement from the NGO Human Rights Watch, two years after these events <a href="http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2011/09/27/guin-e-deux-ans-plus-tard-le-massacre-commis-dans-le-stade-de-conakry-reste-impuni">not one of the accused has been judged:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>No one has yet been called to account two years after Guinean security forces shot and killed unarmed demonstrators during an opposition rally in the capital, Conakry, Human Rights Watch said today.  According to Human Rights Watch, the Guinean government must do more to make sure that justice is done for the victims of the massacre of 28 September 2009.</p></blockquote>
<p>Human Rights Watch has also expressed its concern that some positions of responsibility have been maintained by key figures denounced for the <a href="http://www.aujourdhui-en-guinee.com/fichiers/blog15-999.php?idc=fr_Ev_nements_du_28_septembre_2009___Conakry___Rapport_de_Human_">violence of 28 September, 2009</a>, like Lt. Colonel Claude Pivi, minister in charge of presidential security, and Lt. Colonel Moussa Tiégboro Camara, director of the national agency in charge of the fight against drugs, organised crime and terrorism.</p>
<p><strong>International protests</strong></p>
<p>In New York, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkxFqpGEwM&amp;NR=1">in front of the Guinean embassy</a> and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkOFQEKinCg&amp;feature=related">headquarters</a> of the United Nations in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6GWNGulTo&amp;feature=related">Manhattan</a>, protestors were supported by eminent American personalities including the former New York Mayor, Mr David Dinkins, and the Senator for the state of New York, Mr Eric Adams, as well as international human rights organisations.</p>
<p>In The Hague, other members of the Guinean diaspora organised a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOeJ5_v-f1M">demonstration in front of the seat of the International Criminal Court</a>.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://ufdg2010.org/new/washington-dc/communique-de-la-federation-ufdg-massachusetts-boston">Boston,</a> there was a conference organised with the participation of Mr Bah Oury on the occasion of the Guinean independence celebrations of 2 October, 2011.</p>
<p>In Paris, the demonstration took place on 1 October, for which purpose the organisers <a href="http://www.guinee58.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=3909:urgent--grande-manifestation-du-collectif-des-partis-politiques-pour-la-finalisation-de-la-transition-ce-samedi-1er-octobre-a-paris&amp;catid=34:politique&amp;Itemid=54">issued a message</a> on the blog guinee58.com:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ethnic and communitarian tensions stirred up by Alpha Condé and his party, the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée (RPG), are leading to hatred and abhorrence of the other  &#8230;  Journalists are intimidated, threatened, and the State media are put into the service of the government.</p></blockquote>
<p>This denunciation of the President as a factor in the social divisions is confirmed by <a href="http://www.crisisgroup.org/fr/regions/afrique/afrique-de-louest/guinee/178-guinea-putting-the-transition-back-on-track.aspx">a publication</a> on the site crisisgroup.org of the International Crisis Group:</p>
<blockquote><p>The recent experience of violent politicization of ethnicities and the lack of confidence of political players in the electoral process are a cause for concern. President Condé has unilaterally encouraged an overhaul of the electoral system, but he is arousing all the more suspicion because of the uncertain prospects of the presidential party for the legislative elections. He has given little attention, very late, to reconciliation and dialogue with his highly mobilised opposition.</p></blockquote>
<p>The suppression had several effects. The first and most serious for the future of the country is the widening of the social divide on an ethnic basis, as shown by <a href="http://www.guineenews.org/articles/detail_article.asp?num=2011930142143">an exchange of violent remarks on the Internet</a> and the <a href="http://guinee50.blogspot.com/2011/09/les-tracts-appellent-les-jeunes-qui.html#more">distribution of tracts</a> in Conakry, according to the blog guinee50.blogspot.com:</p>
<blockquote><p>tracts originating in certain movements of support for the government are circulating in the neighbourhoods of Conakry.  These youth movements which support the government are calling their members to come out and attack demonstrators &#8230; Guinea&#39;s enemies will be fought somehow and thrown on the new Democracy train&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>The second is the reorganisation at the political level with the announcement of the beginnings of dialogue between the government and the opposition.</p>
<p>Finally, a third consequence is that the group of six parties of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP), which formed part of the presidential camp in the second round of presidential elections and the Collective of the Political Parties for the Finalisation of the Transition, <a href="http://www.afropages.fr/20111001707970/LADP-et-le-Collectif-unissent-leurs-forces.html">have decided</a> &#8220;to combine their strengths and act jointly in the fight for free and transparent elections&#8221;. Thus, four former prime ministers are among the candidates.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lack of access to care for HIV positive people has been well documented on the African continent. Many initiatives strive to show that things could improve with collective effort, and among them is the Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition (DREAM) program.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lack of access to care for HIV positive people has been well documented on the African continent. Many initiatives strive to show that things could improve with collective effort, and among them is the <a href="http://dream.santegidio.org/public/news/x__newsreadpubNS.asp?IdNews=285&amp;Curlang=EN">Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition</a> (DREAM) program.</p>
<p>DREAM was created in 2002 by the <a href="http://www.santegidio.org/index.php?idLng=1064&amp;pageID=1&amp;res=1">Sant&#39;Egidio Community</a> in Mozambique, and takes a comprehensive approach to fighting HIV/AIDS.  Cristina Cannelli, leader of the Guinea DREAM program, <a href="http://www.santegidio.org/index.php?pageID=64&amp;id=8261&amp;idLng=1063">explains the special relationship</a> [it] with the African continent, especially Mozambique:</p>
<div id="attachment_80880" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-80880" href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/?attachment_id=80880"><img class="size-medium wp-image-80880 " title="&quot;Free care here&quot;." src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gratuità-200x300.jpg" alt="&quot;Free care here&quot;. Image by Sant'Egidio photo service." width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Free care here&quot;. Image by Sant&#39;Egidio photo service.</p></div>
<blockquote><p>La Comunità di Sant&#39;Egidio è profondamente legata all&#39;Africa, anche perchè la Comunità stessa è una realtà africana. Esistono Comunità di Sant&#39;Egidio in 26 paesi  del continente con più di 20.000 membri africani. Un legame particolare con il Mozambico, dove nel 1992 fu firmata la pace che pose termine ad una terribile guerra civile grazie alla mediazione della Comunità, condusse a scegliere il Mozambico qualeprimo paese in cui lanciare il programma DREAM.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The Sant&#39;Egidio community is deeply linked to Africa, in part because the community itself is anchored on the continent. The community is present in 26 African nations and has more than 20,000 members. A special relationship exists with Mozambique because in 1992, the Sant’Egidio community contributed to the peace treaty agreement that ended the civil war. That&#39;s why Mozambique was the first choice for implementing the DREAM program.</div>
<p>Today DREAM is present in Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Guinea (Conakry), Guinea (Bissau), Nigeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon.  The basic <a href="http://dream.santegidio.org/public/news/x__newsreadpubNS.asp?IdNews=274&amp;Curlang=EN">philosophy of the program</a> is:</p>
<blockquote><p>… DREAM has been created to achieve excellence: excellence in treatment and diagnostics, in computerization. DREAM demands that western standards be adopted in Africa too; the programme routinely uses viral load assessment, and has introduced <a href="http://dream.santegidio.org/public/news/x__newsreadpubNS.asp?IdNews=253&amp;Curlang=EN">Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART)</a></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>A DREAM success</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="http://dream.santegidio.org/public/news/x__newsreadpubNS.asp?IdNews=256&amp;Curlang=EN">sheer numbers</a> of the DREAM activity throughout the continent are impressive: 150,000 people have been treated of which 25,000 were aged 15 years or younger,  65,000 patients have benefited from anti-retroviral therapy of which  6,000 were children. DREAM also successfully interrupted vertical mother-to-child HIV transmission for 14,000 births from HIV positive mothers.</p>
<p>Since the beginning of the program more than 1,000,000 people have benefited from the DREAM program via health education, water filtration, food supplies, mosquito nets, prevention programmes on television, radio and the workplace.  In total, the DREAM centers have performed 1,300,000 medical consultations, 276,000 viral load tests and 540,000 CD4 tests.</p>
<div id="attachment_80882" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-80882" href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/nepal-the-musicians/80880-revision-2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-80882 " title="Celebrating the good health of the children at the mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention centers." src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/festa-per-i-bambini-che-escono-sani-dallla-PTME-375x277.jpg" alt="Celebrating the good health of the children at the mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention centers. Image courtesy of the Sant'Egidio community." width="375" height="277" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Celebrating the good health of the children at the mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention centers. Image courtesy of the Sant&#39;Egidio community.</p></div>
<p>For such a large organisation to run properly in so many countries with many different spoken languages, qualified personnel is a must, which is why the community has organized 18 workshops throughout the continent for 4,000 health professionals. Mobile teams travel to reach the most isolated patients.</p>
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<p>In order to engage the local institutions, DREAM <a href="http://dream.santegidio.org/public/Centri/x__CentriDream.asp">states that</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Some of these structures are operational thanks to collaboration and agreements reached with local health centres that have replicated the programme.</p></blockquote>
<p>However, patients also are actively contributing by committing to <a href="http://dream.santegidio.org/public/news/x__newsreadpubNS.asp?IdNews=231&amp;Curlang=EN">actively fight</a> the HIV pandemic by becoming volunteers:</p>
<blockquote><p>In each and every DREAM centre, medical and paramedical personnel are flanked by local men and women who have decided to commit themselves to working for patients who come to our centres. They decided to do so when their own lives were remarkably transformed after they came in contact with our services.<br />
There are relatively large groups of such people and they constitute an indispensable resource for the success of the programme. Most, but not all, of them are sick. They are our “campaigners”.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Guinea: Nadine Bari&#039;s Fight to Reduce Poverty in Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lova Rakotomalala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nadine Bari is a French citizen who has created one of the oldest humanitarian organizations in Guinea, Guinée-Solidarité. With donations from Europe they have helped supply schools, hospitals, and helped homeless, orphaned and disabled children to receive an education.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_80053" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><a href="http://www.fcat.es/FCAT/index.php?option=com_zoo&amp;task=item&amp;item_id=345&amp;Itemid=37"><img class="size-medium wp-image-80053" src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Nadine-Bari-375x250.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="250" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Nadine Bari in the documentary </p></div>
<p>Nadine Bari is a French citizen who resides half the time in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea">Guinea</a> in West Africa and the other half on the French island <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union">Réunion</a>, in the Indian ocean.</p>
<p>Mrs. Bari lost her husband <a href="http://www.campboiro.org/victimes/barry_abdoulaye_djibril.html">Abdoulaye &#8220;Djibril&#8221; Barry</a> during one of the violent repressions in Guinea that were customary under the dictatorship of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_S%C3%A9kou_Tour%C3%A9">Sékou Touré</a>. Twenty-five years ago, she created a non-governmental organization that supports women, the disabled, and the rural population of Guinea.</p>
<p><strong>Global Voices (GV): How did you end up in Guinea?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Nadine Bari (NB): </strong>I first arrived in Guinea in January of 1964 to follow my Guinean husband. We were both quite thrilled to have the opportunity to put our diplomas and youthful energy to use for the development of the newly independent nation (not for the regime at the time though). My husband disappeared in 1971. The first book I wrote,  &#8221;<a href="http://www.campboiro.org/bibliotheque/nadine/grain_sable/tdm.html">Grain de sable</a>&#8221; was about my quest to find out the truth about his death (the documentary <a href="http://www.fcat.es/FCAT/index.php?option=com_zoo&amp;task=item&amp;item_id=345&amp;Itemid=37">&#8220;I was still waiting for you yesterday&#8221; directed by Catherine Veaux-Logeat</a> also retraced this quest).</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>GV: Tell us about your organization?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>NB: </strong>It is called <a href="www.guinee-solidarite.org ">Guinée-Solidarité</a> (GS). It was established in Strasbourg, France in 1987. During two trips to Guinea in 1985 and 1986, I could not help but take notice of the economic and social downfall of the country. For instance, in Koundara-Youkounkoun, I was stupefied to see that the school of Ouros did not have benches for the students. They had to bring their own seat otherwise they were not allowed in class. In one classroom, the teacher used an electricity mast that had fallen down as a desk for the kids. The health center had very little medication in stock, some were even expired. With the photos that my daughter took, we raised awareness in our church in Strasbourg. One of the choir singers worked for a transportation company and offered to fill a few containers with materials that we collected from hospitals, schools and companies in Alsace and send them to Guinea. That&#39;s how everything started.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>GV: How did Guinée-Solidarité help reduce the impact of poverty in Guinea?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>NB:</strong> We targeted the villages that were kind of forgotten by international aid. The ones that were difficult to reach and especially downtrodden, in the Guinean forest and in Northern Guinea. In 1986-87, we were shocked to see that the patients in the hospital in the village of Mali (in the <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouta-Djalon">Fouta-Djallon</a> region) were sleeping on the floor. We raised awareness again in Alsace and the surrounding regions to collect medical materials. In total, 7 state hospitals, 12 health centers and 18 health units benefited from the initiative. One of our priorities was to help the disabled (either the crippled, blind or socially outcast groups). We trained some of them in the use of bicycles or tricycles.</p></blockquote>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img src="http://www.guinee-solidarite.org/files/1157392960-pagne.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="194" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A clothing workshop established by Guinée-Solidarité (photo used with permission)</p></div>
<p><strong>GV: What is Guinée-Solidarité doing specifically for women?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>NB: </strong>We have helped create a clothing workshop where women imprint an indigo dye on fabrics. We also support widows who are gardening in Fello Wendou in the Fouta-Djalon region. We were able to get funds from Switzerland to plant <a href="http://www.guinee-solidarite.org/articles.php3?lien=47">indigo trees.</a> The project began in 2007 and it builds on the skills of Fulani women and how they weave traditional fabrics. Unfortunately, the chinese textile industry has now injected the local market with cheaper fabrics at a cost with which we cannot compete if we wish to sustain our workers.</p></blockquote>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 350px"><img src="http://www.guinee-solidarite.org/files/1255939890-cours.JPG" alt="" width="340" height="261" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A reading class for Guinean women lead by Guinée Solidarité (photo used with permission)</p></div>
<p><strong>GV: Educating poor and disabled children is one of your major success stories. How did you go about the project?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>NB: </strong> In la Cité de Solidarité, a neighborhood of Conakry [the capital] known to be the homeless and beggars quarter, we knew of at least 450 disabled people. None knew how to read. We found 80 of them, mostly girls and children, sponsors in France, Spain and Belgium. The criteria to benefit from a sponsor was that the child had to be an orphan or disabled. Many begging children - even the blind ones - were able to attend college, at Gamal Abdel Nasser or Sonfonia University in Conakry. A library was opened for the children of la Cité and the neighborhood Jean-Paul II. It is very well-attended. We even installed solar panels to provide electricity on a regular basis.</p></blockquote>
<p>Guinée-Solidarité has 4 main branches: Strasbourg, Marseille (that has been financing a major rehabilitation center for the disabled in <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamou">Mamou</a>), Paris and Conakry.</p>
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		<title>Guinea: Slow Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Ulrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a year of blogging on blog platform Mondoblog, Sow shares [fr] how difficult it is to connect from his hometown in Guinea, located  500 km from the capital Conakry: &#8220;This country is plagued with a standard access to the Internet that breaks every record of slowness. If you add... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a year of blogging on blog platform <em>Mondoblog</em>, <em>Sow</em><a href="http://lims.mondoblog.org/?p=477"> shares</a> [fr] how difficult it is to connect from his hometown in Guinea, located  500 km from the capital Conakry: &#8220;This country is plagued with a standard access to the Internet that breaks every record of slowness. If you add the age-old problem of power shortages, blogging from a GSM mobile connection in these conditions is far from a picnic. Up to a full day to write an article, edit it, upload images and dispatch the link across social networks! Some ask me: &#8220;So, did you find a job?&#8221; The answer is no, knowing that I already have one: blogging!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Guinea: Censorship Lifted on the Coverage of the President Attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thalia Rahme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Souleymane Bah [fr] annonces on GUINÉENS UNIS : &#8220;Guinea&#39;s National Council on Communication (CNC) has lifted on Thursday [July 28]  the ban imposed on July 25 to Guinean media on the attack against President Alpha Condé private residence in Conakry.&#8221; Written by Abdoulaye Bah &#183; Translated by Thalia Rahme &#183;... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/soulbah">Souleymane Bah</a> [fr] annonces on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/178492675547362/">GUINÉENS UNIS</a> : &#8220;Guinea&#39;s National Council on Communication (CNC) has lifted on Thursday [July 28]  the ban imposed on July 25 to Guinean media on <a href="http://www.lepanafricain.com/2011/07/19/la-residence-du-president-guineen-alpha-conde-attaquee-durant-la-nuit/"> the attack against President Alpha Condé private residence</a> in Conakry.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Guinea: Weekly Newspaper Le Defi Vandalized</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thalia Rahme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lamine Camara writes on infoguinee.com [fr]: &#8220;The central office of the independent weekly newspaper Le Défi was vandalized and completely ransacked by anonymous looters on the night of July 20- 21, 2011. Those non-identified individuals, after wrecking havoc on equipments, computer and hardwares, left a scribbled message on a sheet of... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Lamine Camara</em> <a href="http://www.infoguinee.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=8421:la-presse-menaceele-siege-du-journal-le-defi-saccage-par-des-inconnus&amp;catid=33:societe&amp;Itemid=5">writes on </a><em>infoguinee.com</em> [fr]: &#8220;The central office of the independent weekly newspaper <em>Le Défi</em> was vandalized and completely ransacked by anonymous looters on the night of July 20- 21, 2011. Those non-identified individuals, after wrecking havoc on equipments, computer and hardwares, left a scribbled message on a sheet of paper: &#8220;<em>Ennemy of Guinea, get lost</em>&#8220;&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Guinea: Guinean Music Mourns Manfila Kanté</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Góes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The passing of Manfila Kanté, a Guinean music star, has been announced via the Facebook  account La Presse guinéenne en ligne [fr]. Aly Cherif (Prince Cherif) wrote [fr]: &#8220;The Guinean cultural scene is in mourning. Manfila Kanté died in Paris this Wednesday, July 20, following a long illness. A huge... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The passing of Manfila Kanté, a Guinean music star, has been announced via the Facebook  account <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/102723093142115">La Presse  guinéenne en ligne </a>[fr]. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/102723093142115?id=141752592572498#!/bcheriff">Aly Cherif  (Prince Cherif)</a> wrote [fr]: &#8220;The Guinean cultural scene is in mourning. Manfila Kanté died in Paris this Wednesday, July 20, following a long illness. A huge loss for Guinean and Mandingue music.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Guinea: Mass Slaughter of Cattles After Ethnic Clashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Góes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to guineelibre.com [fr] &#8220;Over 1,200 cattle were slaughtered after ethnic clashes between Fulani and Malinke – the minority groups of Guinea – reported residents of the village of Thiakoro, in south-eastern Guinea.&#8221; Written by Abdoulaye Bah &#183; Translated by Paula Góes &#183; View original post [fr] &#183; comments (0)... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to <a href="http://www.guineelibre.com/article-plus-de-1200-tetes-de-betail-massacrees-au-cours-d-affrontements-entre-peulhs-et-malinkes-79473875.html"><em>guineelibre.com</em> </a>[fr] &#8220;Over 1,200 cattle were slaughtered after ethnic clashes between Fulani and Malinke – the minority groups of Guinea – reported residents of the village of Thiakoro, in south-eastern Guinea.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Guinea: &#8220;Democracy, Backwards&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Ulrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guinean novelist Tierno Monénembo, who won the French literary award Prix Renaudot in 2008, examines the early record of  the new President of Guinea, Prof. Alpha Conde, writing [fr] in an opinion piece on Slate Afrique: &#8220;Beaten up and imprisoned at a whim. Nominated and dismissed at a whim. All... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guinean novelist Tierno Monénembo, who won the French literary award <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Renaudot">Prix Renaudot</a> in 2008, examines the early record of  the new President of Guinea, Prof. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Cond%C3%A9">Alpha Conde</a>, <a href="http://www.slateafrique.com/2799/guinee-tierno-monenembo-bonjour-et-adieu-la-democratie">writing</a> [fr] in an opinion piece on <em>Slate Afrique</em>: &#8220;Beaten up and imprisoned at a whim. Nominated and dismissed at a whim. All this is taking place in a flurry of decrees and counter decrees, which could be summarized as a quaint folk custom if it did not involve the future of an entire country.&#8221;</p>
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