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Youth Mobilizations in Armed and Democratic Revolution
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
Youth power is the basis of both political and economic life. Industrialists all over the world have tapped on vital pool of youth energies to fuel their growth and expansion. Comment ... more
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Guinea: Police brutality
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Black Star Journal on Human Rights Watch Report detailing police brutality in Guinea.
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Guinea, Senegal: Shame on President Konte
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Senegalese blogger Seckasysteme is unhappy (Fr) with Guinean President Lansana Konte for personally freeing powerful friends who had been booked for financial fraud from Guinean jails. “Africa is ashamed of Lansana Konte”, concludes the blogger. “Guineans are right to have taken to the streets, demanding that... more
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Guinea: unlimited national strike
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Black Star Journal reports about the national strike organized by Guinea’s main trade union , “Guinea’s main trade union collective, CNTG-USTG, has announced that it will launch an unlimited national general strike starting on Jaunary 10.” ... more
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Guinea: Conakry is Dying
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Pourquoi L’Afrique Claudique reflects (Fr) on the Lansana Konte dictatorship in Guinea: “This country, considered one of the 20 poorest in the world despite its economic potential, will only be hurt by a general strike which has been going on for a week along with daily arrests.... more
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Guinea: Victory over Dictatorship?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Seckasysteme comments on the end of a national strike in Guinea last week that resulted in the signing of an encouraging agreement with the Lansana Conte regime (Fr): “The 17 days of violence with their arrests, killings, persecutions and sacrifices of all sorts were worth it... more
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Guinea-Conakry: The End of a Dictatorship?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Conakry, capital of the francophone West African country of Guinea, is bracing for a new round of violence following last month’s general strike which left at least 59 dead and 1400 injured. The strikes were organized by Guinea’s powerful labor unions to pressure President Lansana... more
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Guinea: Conté Declares State of Siege
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Senegalese blogger Alex Seck resumes his watch of Guinean developments (Fr): “ Dictator Lansana Conté has … appeared in a radio and tv broadcast during which he announced a Presidential decree instituting the state of siege until Feb. 23 … In short, Conté is choosing escalation … All... more
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Guinea, Senegal: Lansana Conté Must Leave if He Loves His Country
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>At Pourquoi l’ Afrique Claudique , Senegalese novelist Ndické Dieye tells (Fr) Guinea’s embattled head of state: “ Lansana, leave if you have even an inkling of conscience or patriotism left! Leave to avoid an unnecessary blood bath! … I ask the police … to refuse to execute... more
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Guinea: general strike suspended
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Friends of Guinea blog has a post about the latest turn of events in Guinea , “Guinean unions will again suspend the general strike after the head of state Gen. Lansana Conté agreed to name a prime minister from a list of names proposed by the labor organizations. His... more
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Guinea: Another Lansana Enters the Scene
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>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... more
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Guinea-Conakry: standing up to a power-hungry President
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>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 featured any video content from this part of the world on the Human Rights Video Hub Pilot. So... more
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Impact of Guinea's Crisis On the Economy
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
he crisis currently experienced by the people of Guinea Conakry has a negative c effect on the economy of the Gambia with regards to the commodities imported from there. Since the commencement of civil unrest in Guinea Conakry, no export commodity has entered the Gambia from Guinea . Foroyaa has... more
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Country in Danger of Becoming a Failed State
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
olitical instability and civil conflict have been and, unfortunately, continue to be characteristic features of West Africa. Over the past two decades hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost and many millions more displaced by violent, intertwined civil conflicts and human rights abuses. These have led only to economic... more
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Group Calls New Prime Minister 'Imperialist Puppet'
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
s Guinea 's new prime minister Lansana Kouyate takes over government business in Conakry, leaders of the radical youth organization, the Africanist Movement are opposing his appointment saying the struggle is not yet ... more
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Return of Peace to Guinea
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ince the crisis that engulfed Guinea last month and its subsequent resolution point to the efficacy of people power and its paramount, though often suppressed, place in socio-political engineering. It is also a clear signal to the leaders, especially in Africa, who mismanage the affairs of their countries, that governance... more
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Mighty Warriors Ready to Face Guinea in Olympic Qualifier
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
HE Zimbabwe Mighty Warriors are ready to face Guinea in their 2008 Olympic Games qualifier at Rufaro on ... more
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Mighty Warriors Run Riot Over Guinea in Qualifier
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
esterday's encounter was a one-off match after the first leg in Conakry in February was cancelled by Fifa due to civil unrest in ... more
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Guinean Forces Kill, Wound Civilians in Sierra Leone
Human Rights Watch - Thursday, March 15, 2007
The Guinean military has killed and wounded dozens of Sierra Leonean civilians in indiscriminate attacks against rebel-held areas of northern Sierra Leone, Human Rights Watch said ... more
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Rebel Abuses Against Sierra Leonean Refugees Returning from Guinea
Human Rights Watch - Thursday, March 15, 2007
Human Rights Watch Testimonies
Thirty year old Mani, who suffers from a speech impediment, had traveled from Katkama camp in Guinea to Soardu camp, closer to the border, in search of food. In late February he decided to leave Guinea and crossed into Sierra Leone's Kono District. He encountered the... more
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