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GUINEA: Martial law relaxed but strike continuing
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ife is slowly returning to relative normalcy in Guinea now that the government has eased a curfew imposed after nationwide unrest, but a general strike is ... more
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GUINEA: Consensus prime minister?s appointment ends strike
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
uinea's union leaders on Tuesday once again suspended a nationwide strike after President Lansana Conte agreed to appoint a new prime minister approved by civil ... more
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GUINEA: Cash for water, sanitation and health
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
rench Minister for Cooperation Brigitte Girardin has announced that France is prepared to give Guinea euro 1.1 million (US$1.45m) in bilateral aid in recognition of its ?positive evolution? following the appointment of a new prime minister earlier this ... more
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Guinea: Security Forces Abuse Population Under Martial Law
Human Rights Watch
- Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Government Must Hold Security Forces Responsible for Killings, Rape and Robbery to Account
The 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
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Guinea: Another Lansana Enters the Scene
Global Voices Online
- Monday, March 05, 2007
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
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Guinea: general strike suspended
Global Voices Online
- Monday, March 05, 2007
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.
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GUINEA: Consensus prime minister?s appointment ends strike
IRIN
- Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Guinea's union leaders on Tuesday once again suspended a nationwide strike after President Lansana Conte agreed to appoint a new prime minister approved by civil
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Media freedom becomes casualty of Guinea crackdown
Topix
- Tuesday, February 20, 2007
CONAKRY - Up to a week ago, Guinea's private radio stations were broadcasting dramatic first-hand accounts of violent street clashes between anti-government protesters and security ... Comment
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GUINEA: Martial law hindering help for wounded
IRIN
- Thursday, February 15, 2007
President Lansana Conte imposed martial law in Guinea on Monday effectively blocking the few emergency agencies that were working to treat people wounded during one of the worst days of
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Conte delegates powers to new premier
Topix
- Sunday, February 04, 2007
Guinea President Lansana Conte delegated some of his powers to a new prime minister on Wednesday, complying with a promise made to unions which had locked the nation in a crippling two-week general strike. Comment
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Strike Suspended Again
allAfrica.com
- Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Shops opened for business and Guineans returned to work on Monday after President Lansana Conte apparently agreed to weaken his grip on power and union leaders subsequently suspended an unprecedented 18-day nationwide
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Guinea: Conakry is Dying
Global Voices Online
- Monday, January 29, 2007
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
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Guinea protests death toll: 59
Topix
- Friday, January 26, 2007
The official toll from bloody clashes earlier this week between security forces and protesters in Guinea rose to at least 59 dead, almost double the number previously reported, the Health Ministry said ... Comment
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Death toll from Guinea violence up to 59
Topix
- Thursday, January 25, 2007
Battles between security forces and protesters in Guinea earlier this week killed at least 59 people, almost double the toll previously reported, the Health Ministry said Thursday. Comment
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More Trouble Could Shake Region
allAfrica.com
- Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Guinea's long borders and central position mean analysts view it as a regional lynchpin, saying serious domestic instability could easily spill over, ending tenuous progress towards the consolidation of peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which both experienced devastating civil wars in the
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Special Forces Move into Guinea
allAfrica.com
- Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Some 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
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West Africa's Peace Saga
allAfrica.com
- Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Liberia is smarting from years of violent conflict. As a result of this understanding, the international community and Liberians have no doubt that it will be many years before Liberia acquires the strength and wherewithal to assume the rule of the peacemaker she once was under Tubman and
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges Restraint Amid Reported Deaths During Demonstrations
allAfrica.com
- Monday, January 22, 2007
Concerned at unrest in Guinea, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the parties there to exercise restraint amid reports of deaths during demonstrations which have rocked the West African country in recent
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Guinea: Respect Rights of Demonstrators
Human Rights Watch
- Monday, January 22, 2007
Security Forces Should Exercise Restraint in Responding to Nationwide Strike
As a tense and at times violent nationwide strike continued in Guinea this week, Human Rights Watch called on Guinean security forces to exercise restraint in responding to demonstrators and to ensure that their fundamental right to life, and
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A `last Lost World'
Norwalk Advocate
- Monday, January 22, 2007
Will surfing bring visitors to one of `least-touristed countries'?
Guarded by an iron fence, the Surfing Association of Papua New Guinea occupies the ground floor of Andy Abel's house.
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