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4 December 2009

Guinea: Attempt on Military Leader Dadis Camara's Life

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Breaking News, Governance

According to several news sources, Captain Dadis Camara, leader of the military junta which seized power in Guinea in December 2008, was shot and wounded by one of his aides yesterday in Conakry. Many RFI readers, holding Camara responsible for the September 28th massacre of opposition protesters, call it justice.

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21 October 2009

Guinea: In the aftermath of a massacre

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Amid widespread international condemnation of Guinea's military regime, the United Nations announced Friday it would launch a formal investigation into the September 28th massacre of opposition protestors in Conakry. Meanwhile, Guinean netizens continue trying to process and assess the meaning of the tragedy.

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11 October 2009

Guinea: A soldier's testimony on the massacre of September 28 in Conakry

Written by Claire Ulrich · Human Rights, Protest

The interview below is the testimony of a Guinean soldier who took part in the repression of the opposition demonstration in Conakry, in Guinea, on September 28, 2009. The interview...

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2 October 2009

Guinea: Outrage, Grief After Brutal Massacre

Written by Claire Ulrich · Human Rights, Protest

Still under tight police surveillance, Guinea ended several days of official mourning today for those killed in the sudden and shocking massacre of opposition protesters by soldiers on Monday.

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2 April 2009

Guinea : A Memorial for the Camp Boiro Victims

Written by Suzanne Lehn · Blogger Profiles

The truth about the Sekou Touré regime's repression in Guinea has long been overshadowed by his Third World leader aura. Abdoulaye Bah, a translator for GV in French, tells us about the efforts of the Association of victims of Camp Boiro towards justice and reconciliation.

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1 January 2009

Guinea: History repeating?

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Governance, History

A week after the passing of President Lansana Conté and the military coup that followed, African bloggers have been wondering about the resurgence of military coups in the region and about their prospects for success, and getting the feeling that history is repeating.

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24 December 2008

All Quiet in Guinea After Coup, Say Bloggers

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · Elections, Politics

Confusion reigned following the passing of President Lansana Conte and an apparently successful coup led by Guinean General Moussa Dadis Camara. However, despite early fears of bloodshed, all is quiet on the streets of Conakry, according to bloggers.

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5 February 2008

Football Comes Home to Ghana

Written by Emmanuel.K. Bensah · Sport

For the past three weeks, soccer has come home—literally—and Ghanaians of all walks of life have not been immune to the excitement and ecstasy it has generated throughout the country.

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13 March 2007

Guinea-Conakry: standing up to a power-hungry President

Written by Gavin Simpson · Human Rights Video

The technological revolution that enables ordinary citizens to capture and upload video footage on the web has been slow to take root in West Africa. Up to now we haven’t...

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11 February 2007

Guinea-Conakry: The End of a Dictatorship?

Written by Jennifer Brea · Breaking News, Human Rights

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Updates about Guinea

16 July 2010

English

Elections in Guinea are changing the media landscape in the country: “Since last month, the military-led Transitional National Council has passed two new laws decriminalizing defamation and created a new media regulatory body.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

27 June 2010

French

Guinea Elections contributors have been live tweeting the Guinean presidential election of June 27, 2010 [fr]. As shown on this photo, the ballot count has already started [fr].

• Lova Rakotomalala

18 June 2010

French

Guinea's general election is taking place on Sunday 27th of June 2010 to elect a president. For election news, follow Guinea Elections 2010 on Twitter (Fr).

• Ndesanjo Macha

15 June 2010

French

Alliance Guinea is a new citizen reporting project that will monitor the upcoming Guinean Elections in two weeks [fr]. The website will use the Ushahidi platform to aggregate reports and is currently looking for volunteers.

• Lova Rakotomalala

17 April 2010

French

Guinée50 wonders whether Thierno Siré Diallo hunger strike to raise awareness for all the Guineans who disappeared in the past 40 years is helping the reconciliation process or not (fr).

• Lova Rakotomalala

24 March 2010

French

Baldeabdoulaye explains that mining companies Rio Tinto and Chinalco have come to an agreement on jointly developing an iron ore project in Guinea. The opposition criticizes the signing because they perceive the deal as a way for the military junta to take advantage of the current obscure political circumstances to make substantial profits (fr).

• Lova Rakotomalala

12 January 2010

English

Introducing BlogCamps in Africa: “Over the next six months keep an eye for Maneno sponsored BlogCamps in Africa to happen in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Ghana, and Guinea.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

English

“Fatou Bensouda, the Deputy Prosecutor is in Guinea on the 19th of January. The invitation was extended by the Guinean authorities according to a statement by special advisor to the prosecutor Beatrice Le Fraper,” reads a press release at Konakry Express blog.

• Ndesanjo Macha

29 September 2009

English

International news sites, French radio [fr], BBC Africa, Twitter [fr], journalists, NGOs and political leaders report of on armed forces shooting on unarmed crowd in Conakry, Guinea capital, today on sept.28th a number of 58 protesters, wonded or dead, were evacuated to the main hospital in Conakry. The crowd was attending a rally called by the opposition group “Coalition des forces vives” .

• Abdoulaye Bah

26 September 2009

French

Last weeks' torrential rains triggered disastrous floodings (Fr), killing 159 people and affecting over 600,000 in a dozen Western Africa countries, unprepared to face seasonal rains growing heavier and heavier. (See map). Afropages (Fr) describes the situation in Conakry, Guinea's capital.

• Suzanne Lehn

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