Kindia Region

US concerned by reported SA training in Guinea

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES Nov 20 2009 08:28 The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that South African "military instructors" are training militiamen backed by the ruling junta in Guinea, a US official said Thursday....

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Reopen negotiations or face sanctions, Obama tells North Korea and Iran. ,

Obama urges North Korea and Iran to change course On the final leg of his tour of East Asia, US President Barack Obama has used a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to urge North Korea and Iran to...

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Govt probes reports of SA connection to Guinea junta

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA Nov 17 2009 15:58 The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it is investigating reports that South African mercenaries are training pro-junta recruits in Guinea. "There have been both true and false leads...

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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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Guinea Bissau: Driving Home the Cholera Message

In Bafata, Guinea-Bissau, children go door-to-door counting mosquito nets, monitoring hand-washing and checking the distance between kitchens and latrines. The activities are among efforts by health NGOs and authorities to fill...

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Guinea: A country blighted by its 'sick army'

CHRISTOPHE PARAYRE | DAKAR, SENEGAL - Since the massacre, one of the worst in Guinea in a quarter of a century, the head of the junta, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has tried to disclaim responsibility, blaming "uncontrolled...

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South Africa: Unravelling the Riddle of Rusal

A SECRET meeting in the middle of the night in the presidential palace in the Guinean capital, Conakry, requested by Russian aluminium oligarch Oleg Deripaska triggered a Guinean court ruling and a tax fraud claim amounting to...

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Sierra Leone: Border Dispute - Time for Ecowas to Intervene

Once again, the source of an African conflict can be traced back to unsustainable demarcations of territories arbitrarily drawn by colonial powers and the resulting civil war, argues Lansana Gberie in this week's Pambazuka News.

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Soviet scientists attempted human/chimp hybrids

Humanzee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov was the first to actually attempt to create a human-ape hybrid. As early as 1910 he had given a presentation to the World Congress of Zoologists in Graz, Austria...

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Guinea: Six Months After Coup, More Abuses And Promised Restoration of Democracy Off Track

Respect for human rights by the coup government that took power six months ago has been undermined by arbitrary arrests and detentions, restrictions on political activity, unpunished criminal acts by the military, calls for...

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