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Guinea's Strikers Snub President
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
housands of Guineans have again taken to the streets of the capital, Conakry, and towns across the country despite the president's plea for support. A BBC correspondent says they are the biggest demonstrations since the strike began 13 days ago. Marchers are shouting "Enough" and "Bye Bye ... more
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Special Forces Move into Guinea
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
ome 120 Guinea-Bissauan special forces have crossed into neighbouring Guinea where President Lansana Conte is facing an unprecedented popular uprising, a senior Bissau army officer said on ... more
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Bissau Army Denies Sending Troops to Conakry
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he Guinea-Bissau army has denied reports that it sent troops to neighbouring Guinea to support the government there as it faces unprecedented strikes and ... more
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Strike Spells More Hardship
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
lthough the rutted main streets of Guinea's capital, Conakry, remained mostly deserted and shops were shuttered because of a nationwide strike, kiosks were opening for business on Thursday- to turn a ... more
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New Clashes Follow Naming of Prime Minister
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
obs burned police stations, looted warehouses and attacked the homes of government ministers in Guinea on Saturday to protest President Lansana Conte's choice of prime ... more
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Mobs Set Aichia Conneh's Home Ablaze in Conakry
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he homes of the "Iron Lady" of the defunct rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), Achia Conneh, has reportedly been burnt down by angry demonstrators in the Guinean capital, Conakry, and in the provincial town of ... more
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Mighty Warriors Match Postponed
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
HE Confederation of African Football have postponed the Olympic Games qualifier between Zimbabwe women's national soccer team and Guinea set for Conakry this weekend because of civil unrest in the West African ... more
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Security Forces Abuse Population Under Martial Law
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he Guinean government has failed to control security forces responsible for rapes, robberies and more than 110 killings since mid-January, Human Rights Watch said today. After the imposition of martial law on February 12, security forces committed numerous abuses during house-to-house searches for weapons earlier seized by a small group... more
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Army Violence Against Civilians Escalates
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
rmy violence against civilians has escalated after declaration of a state of siege in Guinea (Conakry) on February 12, despite condemnation of the move by leaders of the West African regional organization ECOWAS and the African Union, as well as local and international non-governmental organizations. Fears are mounting that the... more
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President Warns Citizens Against Fighting in Guinea
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on Liberians to desist from supporting any group in the on-going political crisis in Guinea so as not to exacerbate the crisis in that ... more
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Catholics Challenge New Premier on Economy
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he Catholic Church in Guinea has challenged the country's new Prime Minister to put the economy back on its ... more
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Duped and left with a broken heart
Topix - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I married him in good faith and I thought that I was building a life with a good and decent man that I was in love with" Lainie Towell's broad smile lights up her expressive face, beaming out from an inset photo on the cover of... more
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End of Fuel Subsidy Increases Economic Woes
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 01, 2008
he day after Guinea's powerful trade unions put on hold a general strike aimed at pushing the government to improve living conditions, Guineans woke up to find the government had ended subsidies on diesel, gasoline and ... more
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New GlobaLex Articles
Topix - Monday, March 31, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Las inversiones en materia Tributaria" GlobaLex March 2008 http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/index.html International Human Rights Research Guide by Grace M. Mills http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Human_Rights1.htm Grace M. Mills is the ... via Law Librarian Blog ... more
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Timor president accuses UN troops
Topix - Saturday, March 29, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Dead bodies are lying inside houses and in fields" Timor president accuses UN troops East Timor's president accused the U.N. on Friday of squandering an opportunity to catch the army mutineers who shot him last month, and described looking into the eyes of his ... ... more
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Journalist Suspended for Interviewing Critics of the Government
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 28, 2008
rancois Ifono, a journalist from the state-owned Guinea Broadcasting Corporation (RTG) was on March 21, 2008, suspended indefinitely by the stations director, Alpha Kabinet Keita for alleged “gross ... more
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Country Still Plagued By Guinea Worm - Minister
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 28, 2008
fter 20 years of establishing the Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (NIGEP), the disease is yet to be eradicated, the acting Minister of Health, Dr Hassan Lawal, said yesterday in ... more
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Taylor Aide Accuses U.S. of Backing Liberia Rebels
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 27, 2008
he Press Secretary to Liberia's President Charles Taylor told allAfrica.com, Wednesday, that Taylor wants a firm commitment to "a constitutional transition" before stepping aside. Taylor was still willing to step down "if that will lead to peace," said Sylvester Vaani Passawe; "the question is what happens to the democratic mandate... more
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Still No Sign of Peacekeepers for Liberia, Annan Presses Security Council to Act
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 27, 2008
s desperate Liberians renew their pleas for an international intervention force to step in to end the fighting that has cost hundreds of lives, haggling over the financing for West African troops continues to delay their deployment. The region has yet to set a date for the peacekeepers to be... more
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Army, President Need to be Warned Against Both Status Quo and Coup
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 27, 2008
n Conakry, the Guinean capital lying on the Atlantic shoreline, it is the season of the Harmattan, when the rains have given way to the dry dust-laden wind of that name, which brings hazy days and ... more
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