Guinea, Africa

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GUINEA: Martial law relaxed but strike continuing

IRIN

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Life is slowly returning to relative normalcy in Guinea now that the government has eased a curfew imposed after nationwide unrest, but a general...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Hunger in a land of plenty

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IRIN

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Driving through lush farmlands, forests and mangrove swamps south from Guinea-Bissau’s coastal town of Buba, it is hard to believe that the roughly...

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GUINEA: Aboubacar Diallo, Guinea, “I buried my seven-year-old niece this morning”

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IRIN

Monday, February 19, 2007

Aboubacar Diallo says his seven-year-old niece, Aicha, was shot and killed by uniformed soldiers shooting randomly in the Taouyah suburb of Conakry...

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GUINEA: Life means terror in army-run Conakry

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IRIN

Monday, February 19, 2007

“The boss made reference to President Lansana Conte and gave us the order to shoot anyone provocative, so whoever provokes me, I will shoot him...

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GUINEA: Martial law hindering help for wounded

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IRIN

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Guinean President Lansana Conte imposed martial law in Guinea on Monday effectively blocking the few emergency agencies that were working to treat...

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GUINEA: New clashes follow PM appointment

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IRIN

Monday, February 12, 2007

Mobs burned police stations, looted warehouses and attacked the homes of government ministers in Guinea on Saturday to protest President Lansana...

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Guinea: Living on the edge

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IRIN

Friday, February 09, 2007

Guinea’s Forest Region - Living on the edge Guinea has remained one of the few relatively stable countries in West Africa, even though it has been...

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GUINEA: Emergency funds needed as more violence looms

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IRIN

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Union leaders in Guinea are threatening to call another nationwide strike starting next Monday, but emergency relief agencies say the country is...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: The nearest thing to a prison

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IRIN

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

From the street, Guinea-Bissau’s so-called ‘high-security detention centre’ looks like a quaint, albeit rundown, Portuguese house, with a knee-high...

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Guineans Pays Price for Violating Highway Code

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The Point

Monday, February 05, 2007

Ebrima Jallow, a Guinean resident in Latrikunda Sabiji, has on Friday paid a heavy price for driving a motor vehicle when he knew fully well that the...

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