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

By: Salifu Kamara

Salifu Kamara — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:26:35 +0000

After watching the video in conakry,it’s terrible to see what is going on in our mother africa.

Can you expect to see a life bullet being shot to a poor and innocent civilian who is doing a guniue desmostration?

I am not suprise much at it because sierra leone too done the same act during their civil war that lasted for 11 years civilian war.

Go will surely judge them those who leading and supporting wars and the killing of our poor parent and friends in africa.

God continue to bless those thatb are also resuing us in other countries like the united state.I considere them as one the greates nation of the world that is the leading donor on hummaniterians bases.

We love America and American’s.

By: Salifu Kamara

Salifu Kamara — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:03:41 +0000

I felt very much touched in this song and i will love to get a direct touch with the artists who sang this song.

I am an African but now residing in the united state of America.

please get back to me for details discusions.

peace,

salifu kamara

By: BRE

BRE — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:43:28 +0000

I am viewing this video for the first time today because Global Voices and WITNESS have been honored with the One World Media Award 2007 for the Human Rights Video Hub project. Congratulations!

Many of us in the “Sphere” were aware of the violence and unrest in Guinea thanks to the coverage of bloggers who write about sub-Saharan Africa and the mainstream media coverage as well. I have two questions:

1. Did this video clip ever make it to the MSM? CNN’s I-Report or the BBC equivalent for example?

2. How did the cameraperson shooting the video get such a birdseye view of the demonstration and subsequent police/military violence (the shootings)? Was he/she atop a highrise building adjacent to the boulevard?

O.K. that’s 4 questions but who’s counting.

By: Robert Singleton

Robert Singleton — Thu, 31 May 2007 06:38:45 +0000

I dare to make a bold prediction: Soon the world shall meet several profoundly talented children from Africa. Africa has thousands, yea millions of profoundly talented children. The mainstream media does not consider good news from Africa “newsworthy.” so we will have to seek out the information. I will look at http://www.sagoodnews.co.za.

By: suha cassim

suha cassim — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:51:31 +0000

When I say Africa is doomed I meant in the larger scheme of events in the world. Most of the world’s richest resources are found in the African continent. And so are the world’s poorest. Seven years of being in African countries can help you form an opinion. They are doomed because they do not have a clue about what might befall them in the future (god forbid though); There are roughly Three Countries fighting for the control of Africa; The USA, Russia, and China. I feel fatalistic and sad about this situation; when more ‘civilised ‘countries in the world could not stop their countries being taken over by other regimes, what hope has Africa? I am from a -the new buzz phrase- economically recovering country, or to put it brutally, a thrird world country, And I can see what is happening. The west just keep the few dictators happy to serve their purpose.

By: Abdulai

Abdulai — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:43:57 +0000

I am from sierra Leone living in Uk. i dont like some one just to use words without weighing them, to say Africa is doomed, if you dont understand the situation just keep quiet and wait what will be the solution. Lansana Conteh want to die in power,he is using the military to achieve his goal, the military must know that, is the people power they are fighting,” THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE SUPREME LAW” for every onme who is against the voice of the people he/she is against the constitution of that land, the struggle continue.

By: Touré

Touré — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:45:39 +0000

Real bullets are being used on real people!

By: Clay C.

Clay C. — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:22:02 +0000

Are real bullets being used, or rubber ones?

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:58:20 +0000

Wow, I have to say that I am quite shocked and heart broken to be hearing and reading this. I am from the USA, and this is the first time I have heard about the unrest in Guinea. It is sad because when the people in the USA hear about this kind of thing that goes on in other places in the world, it doesn’t hit our hearts the way that it should. However seeing the videos, even though I couldnt understand everything they were saying, gave me a slap of reality and made me realize that this is really happening.
I am truly sorry for the way people in the US view the violent situations in Africa and all over the world. Many people in the US want to help, but don’t know how. But many people in the US also don’t care. We as civilians need to make a change and start caring and change our perspective about these situations. I know that there is only so much I can do, but I will tell my friends about this and we will be praying for everyone in Guinea and all over Africa as well. If there is any other way that I can help, please let me know and I will do what I can. Thank you.

By: Toure

Toure — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:48:20 +0000

I know we should called the way things are but stating such thing as Africa is doomed is insulting!
However, I am a Guinean and I believe one of the biggest problem we have their is the fact that we trust every body with out any plausible previous work. People cannot really sacrifice for what they haven’t earn and. I believe the premier minister should be someone who really fought for it and should have something to lose if things don’t work out. Look in the example of the first one, He had nothing to lose all his possession and family were out of the country.
We leave in the states (USA) and there or any developed country, people just don’t get such responsibility overnight. they prove them self over years of public or at least private commitment to their local citizens.
The true Guineans living on the soil should be the one fighting not those opportunist. The president was there by opportunity and he never had to fight anyone (I mean proving he is the best to lead us)to get his place.
Also having too much change is even worse for the so called change. How many premier minsters we had in Guinea under the same president? Every time there is a problem, a new person is called, so a new called government is in place and what that get us? We lost few years to trying to follow the new ones.

The solution is simple and clear:
The division of the power in three like it should:
the legislative the executive and the judicial.
until then no premier minister or even a new president could ever fix nos problems.

By the way the westerners should definitely stop their hypocrisy by supporting only by interest. In Africa, our president are worse than Saddam Husein.

By: suha cassim

suha cassim — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:34:08 +0000

I think Africa is doomed. I was in Conakry a few months ago…the expolitation goes on unabated, the corruption goes on with no interupption and the many levels of Guinean life continue in parallel worlds. How does one even start to unravel the mess??