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Guinea: Another Lansana Enters the Scene

Friday, March 2nd, 2007 @ 23:52 UTC

by Alice Backer

Countries:: Guinea
Topics:: Breaking News, Governance, Human Rights, Labor, Protest, Politics

Says Senegalese blogger Alex Seck, (Fr): “The situation in [Guinea] has started normalizing since the nomination of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister on Feb. 26. Kouyaté who was one of five people proposed by unionists and civil society arrived in Conakry [on the 27th] from Abidjan where he was [an official] of L'Organisation de la Francophonie. His nomination was saluted by outcries of joy and Guineans showed up in droves to welcome him. “

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[...] As GV Francophone editor Alice Backer picked up last week, the Senegalese blogger Alex Seck (Fr) is now talking about Guinea exiting out of its crisis. But the prevailing general tone is still cautious: national union leaders (Fr) and their international counterparts are stressing that it is vital to remain vigilant about this so-called return of peace to Guinea… [...]

# 2007-03-13 at 17:51 pm

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