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Guinea opposition will join delayed polls

May 31, 2013 Former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo

Guinea's main opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo on Wednesday said he would be ready to take part in parliamentary elections if the date would be pushed back several months and the government guarantees a fair vote.

Guinea: Opposition leaders discuss with Paris following deadly protests

May 27, 2013 Lansana Kouyate, former Guinean prime minister

Two top Guinean opposition leaders have gone to Paris, France to brief the international community about the current political situation in Guinea.

UN Security Council cautions Guinea

April 30, 2013 UN Security Council in a meeting

Members of the United Nations Security Council have expressed concern over the volatile security situation in the Republic of Guinea.

Guinea opposition parties demonstration repressed

April 18, 2013 Streets of Conakry on Thursday

The clash between the 1500 security forces and demonstrators caused huge casualties. Among the hundreds of people arrested are Aboubacar Sylla spokesman of the opposition and Charles Pascal Tolno leader of the PPG party.

 

 

 

Guinea: "Djinnit's appointment is futile" Ex-PM Kouyate

April 15, 2013 Lansana Kouyate former Prime Minister

President Alpha Conde’s decision to hold polls on June 30 has taken the entire political class aback because it was waiting for the new international facilitator, the UN’s Special Representative for West Africa, Said Djinnit to step in.The former Guinean Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate, now member of the opposition spoke to WADR

Guinea: Trial of Conde’s attackers set for 10 December

December 3, 2012 Pres. Alpha Conde of Guinea

The trial of 33 people accused of carrying out an attack on the residence of Guinean President Alpha Conde over a year ago will begin on 10 December, according to the Public Prosecutor’s office.

One of the President’s bodyguards was killed in the attack which took place on 19 July, 2011.

Guinea: Journalists train to report mining sector

November 27, 2012 Mathias Hounkpe, OSIWA Guinea Coordinator

Guinean journalist on Monday started a training course on more informed coverage of the mining sector in the mineral-rich West African nation.

Participants are drawn from the public, private and community media outlets to acquire knowledge, skills and the ethics that will allow them to tackle the issues of the mining industry.

Guinea: New measures to beef up security

November 15, 2012 Pres. Alpha Conde of Guinea

Guinean authorities have announced new measures to beef up police and military presence nationwide in an ‘all out war’ against crime and insecurity.

Security Minister Mouramani Cissé told a news conference said the measures include nighttime roadblocks in Conakry, the capital, and across the country and provision of motorcycles to the security forces.

Guinea Opposition On Insecurity, Nascent Democracy

November 14, 2012 Some members of the Guinean Opposition Coalition

Opposition parties in Guinea have denounced ‘an upsurge’ in criminal activities and the attendant damage to the country’s young democracy.

Aboubacar Sylla, spokesman for the coalition of opposition parties, told a news conference in Conakry that the government of President Alpha Condè was not delivering on the provision of security for the citizenry.

 

Guinea: New electoral body chair assures fair, free polls

November 7, 2012 Guinea's CENI chairman Bakary Fofana

The new chairman of Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bakari Fofana, has assured compatriots of holding free, fair and transparent polls.

Fofana’s assurance comes amid criticisms from opposition political parties and some civil society groups, for not being the right man for the job.