Conakry Region

Mercenaries complicate peace bid

By Mark John Dakar - Sightings of mercenaries at work for Guinea's junta are a potential blow to international efforts to stave off new violence in the West African country and press its military leaders to step down. South...

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Guinea: Uncertainty Over Toxic Chemicals in Conakry

Dakar — 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. The products, which can be used...

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Mobile Phones Report Rapes in Guinea

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:12 AM EST On September 28, 2009, rapes and killings of hundreds of anti-dictator protestors in broad daylight in Conakry brought the world's attention to the small West African...

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Guinea: Madame Diallo, 'The Children Ask About Him'

Conakry — 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. Civil society representatives,...

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Guinea's ruling CNDD delegation returns after Ouagadougou crisis talks

ABIDJAN, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- 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...

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Assistance to Flood victims in Conakry, Coastal, Middle, Upper and Forest Guinea

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...

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African view: Guinea rape

The brutal crackdown is etched in the memories of Conakry's residents In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, commentator and National Public Radio correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reflects on her conversations...

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Guinea to shrug off sanctions

Conakry - Guinea's mineral wealth will help it shrug off international sanctions imposed after a lethal crackdown on anti-government protesters, according to a top aide to junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. The West...

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Human Rights NGOs Meet in Banjul

The Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 46th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and 20th African Human Rights Book Fair on the way Several Human Right defenders from all over Africa...

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Guinea's Rape Horror

The date, 28 September, was repeated by just about everyone I spoke with there - women and men - etched in their memories as if they had been branded. It is etched in mine too - and yet I was not at the main stadium in Conakry...

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