The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS have launched an investigation into whether South African mercenaries have been training supporters of Guinea’s military dictatorship following allegations they have been seen near Conakry, the capital.
IOL (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged three investigators to work "independently to assess the facts" that led to the deaths of scores of people who demonstrated against the government in Guinea.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The recent upheaval in Guinea has thrown into question the status of toxic chemicals discovered earlier this year at several sites throughout the capital Conakry, according to UN experts.
Black Listed News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Dakar - South African and Israeli army instructors, hired by the ruling Guinea junta, are training pro-junta recruits in a camp in Forecariah, 100km south of Conakry, witnesses said on Monday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The Diallo family in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has found no trace of Thierno Abdoulaye Diallo, 20, a student, since he set off on 28 September for a football stadium in the city.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Following the passing away of Guinea's long-time ruler, Lansana Conte, in December 2008, the medium-sized country sitting along Africa's west coast has barely escaped the international spotlight. Because of Guinea-Conakry's prominent role in issues, especially of peace-keeping, in and around the ECOWAS [Economic Commission of West African States] sub region, a wide-range of foreign governments and...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Guinea's delegation sent by the military junta to Burkina Faso for talks to end the crisis since December has returned amid applause by the authorities for their "fruitful work." Led by the permanent secretary of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), Moussa Keita, the government delegation returned on Thursday evening to the Guinean capital Conakry after a day-long discussion...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The first Vice President of the South Africa-based Pan African Parliament, Bethel Amadi, expressed to Nigerian President Umaru Yar’adua the support of the continental House to the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding the political situations in Guinea Conakry and Niger Republic. Vice President Amadi was paying a courtesy call to [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Six weeks after the killing of opposition supporters at a rally in Conakry, an interview with the head of the military junta Captain Camara and opposition leader Jean Marie Dore, who is staying in the country to oppose the junta, despite the dangers.
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
1. NATURE OF EMERGENCY: Floods caused by torrential rains 2. Location: Conakry, Kindia, Kankan, Siguiri, Macenta, Guekedou and Kissidougou in Guinea 3. Cause and location: Torrential rains during the month of September have caused extensive generalised flooding in the city of Conakry, capital of Guinea and major provincial towns in the four natural regions of the country. In Upper Guinea 240 millimetres...
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Guinea's ruling junta presented proposals for the creation of a transitional government that would keep junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in place. The proposals were passed to Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore who is mediating in talks with the country's opposition in Ouagadougou, after forces loyal to the junta on September 28 massacred more than 150 people. The killings took place at...
Fund my Mutual Fund (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
As the United States spends money it doesn't have (much of it borrowed from China ironically) to manipulate housing prices upward, get its debt laden consumers to spend with financial handouts, bail out its financial oligarchs, and funnel money into states so its public sector employees have no need to make any necessary adjustments to reality, China continues to spend its surplus on "nation building"...
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Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Because government troops in Guinea massacred civilian protesters at about the same time as I started blogging for Big Think, I've committed myself to using this space to track events in that all-too-easily-forgotten piece of west Africa. A November 5 BBC radio report warns that the trauma of the massacre and ensuing sexual assaults could spin Guinea into tribalism and even civil war. BBC reporter...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Le Monde Diplomatique November 2009 Guinea’s bauxite town falls apart Last month, Guineans protesting at a rumoured, and unpopular, candidate for president were shot at, killing and injuring many. Meanwhile, the country is feeling the effects of the global financial crisis: after a French conglomerate withdrew, the Russians took over its aluminium ore refining and are taking all they can get...
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