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United Nations investigators believe Guinea’s wounded junta leader was directly responsible for the mass killings and rapes of protesters in September, which they consider crimes against humanity, a UN diplomat said.
The investigators also concluded...
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France’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Guinea could face civil war if the West African nation’s wounded junta leader were to return home from Morocco,...
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An assassination bid aimed at the first Guinean leader from the minority Guerze tribe has raised concerns that ethnic and regional divisions in the country could...
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The fate of Guinea hangs in the balance following the shooting of the country’s military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. There are fears that the fractured...
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A military aide has tried to assassinate Guinea’s ruler, a government official said, wounding the leader who seized power in a coup nearly a year ago and has come...
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At the national stadium in the Guinean capital, Conakry, it’s oddly quiet — the only sounds that can be heard are the muffled beats of a drum band practicing...
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A Guinean court has charged a second son of the late President Lansana Conte with drug trafficking.
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I have interviewed women and even child survivors of sexual violence before, mostly during civil wars in conflict zones. Naturally, my heart went out to them.
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Cellphone snapshots, ugly and hard to refute, are circulating here and feeding rage: they show that women were the particular targets of the Guinean soldiers who...
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Guinea’s leader, who seized power in a coup nine months ago, said Friday that elections will continue as planned even as his military junta prepared to bury 57...
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Guinea’s government said Tuesday it would investigate why troops opened fire on protesters at a pro-democracy rally. A human rights group said 157 people were...
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At least 58 people were killed when Guinean security forces fired into the crowd at an opposition rally at a football stadium yesterday, according to a human rights...
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The African Union on Friday announced it would impose sanctions on Guinea\’s junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, over his intention to run in upcoming...
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One of my colleagues yesterday consulted me over an email he received recently from a lady who allegedly says she is in Canada. Both have been communicating for a while...
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With the protests getting out of control and the head of state in declining health after 21 years at the helm, Guinea stands on the brink of explosion. Guinea’s...
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