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GUINEA: Police strikes turn bloody

Soldiershave surrounded a police camp and two policemen have been killed in thesecond day of police strikes over back-pay in the Guinean capitalConakry. An IRIN correspondent in Conakry said soldiers arecurrently looting the police camp, piling furniture and fridges intotheir military trucks. On 16 June policemen started firingshots in the air outside the police camp prompting military officers tosurround it and join in the shooting in a bid to quell the protests.Most of the shots were...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Police kill police

In a sign that rule oflaw is not properly functioning in Guinea Bissau, two policemen from differentbranches of the country’s police force were recently assassinated and theculprits appear to be the police themselves. The dead body of a member of the judicial police, whichreports to the country’s justice department, was dumped in front of a judicialpolice station on 12 April. A day earlier, the policeman who was killed hadallegedly killed a policeman from the special intervention force which...

Guinean Police question Titi Camara

Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, more commonly known as Titi Camara, Guinean football legend was recently invited by the Guinean Police for questioning. Titi was called up to clear widely spread reports that he hired thugs to disrupt the Gambia-Guinea Nations Cup qualifier tie on Sunday. The 35 year old whose name has become a household name in the country, thanks to his heroic football career, has already made up his mind to run for Guinean FA Presidency. The news of most famous Guinean footballers...