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Clashes between police and anti-government protesters this week killed at least seven people in Guinea, as demonstrations broke out again against the military junta that seized power nearly two years ago, Reuters reported. Protests took place in the capital Conakry and other cities across the West...

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Need to Know

October 18, 2022

A Moment to Exhale

Guinea

Djenabou Bah was nine years old in 2009 when she attended a protest against former president Moussa Dadis Camara’s junta in a soccer stadium in the Guinean capital of Conakry. Protesters were singing and dancing when, suddenly, security forces began firing into the crowd. Soldiers seized...

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The World Briefly

October 05, 2022

Of Justice and Public Stunts

Guinea

Guinea recently began a historic trial of the country’s former president and 10 of his top officials for a 2009 stadium massacre in the capital Conakry, that saw government troops killing protesters and raping women, the Washington Post reported. On Sept. 28, 2009, thousands gathered at...

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