Guinea, Africa

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Fears of an emerging narcostate

IRIN

Monday, February 05, 2007

Guinea-Bissau has become a key transit point for cocaine moving between Latin America and Europe as drug traffickers take advantage of scant...

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Dead Bodies Discovered

africa » guinea

The Point

Friday, February 02, 2007

Some dead bodies were last Wednesday morning found on the beaches near Destiny’s Night Club at the busy Kombo Beach Hotel area, The Point has been...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: UN rep speaks on negotiating end to crisis with former PM

africa » guinea

IRIN

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The United Nations secretary-general’s representative in Guinea-Bissau, Shola Omoregie, has negotiated an end to a 17-day crisis involving the...

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GUINEA: Strike suspended again

africa » guinea » conakry

IRIN

Wednesday, January 31, 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...

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GUINEA: Strike spells more hardship

africa » guinea » conakry

IRIN

Monday, January 29, 2007

Although the rutted main streets of Guinea’s capital, Conakry, remained mostly deserted and shops were shuttered because of a nationwide strike,...

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GUINEA-GUINEA-BISSAU: Bissau army denies sending troops to Conakry

africa » guinea » conakry

IRIN

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

The Guinea-Bissau army has denied reports that it sent troops to neighbouring Guinea to support the government there as it faces unprecedented...

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GUINEA: More trouble in Guinea could shake region

africa » guinea » conakry

IRIN

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,...

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GUINEA: Unprecedented violence hits capital and provinces

africa » guinea » conakry

IRIN

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Security forces shot dead at least 20 people on Monday as tens of thousands of Guineans turned out to demonstrate against President Lansana Conte in...

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GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL: Senegalese seek refuge

africa » guinea

IRIN

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Senegalese refugees in Guinea-Bissau who had recently returned to their homes in Senegal’s Casamance region on Monday were fleeing back across the...

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GUINEA-GUINEA-BISSAU: Fighters cross border

africa » guinea » conakry

IRIN

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Some 120 Guinea-Bissauan special forces have crossed into neighbouring Guinea where President Lansana Conte is facing an unprecedented popular...

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