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dimanche 21. of janvier 2007 General Strike in Guinea: Demonstrators stage peaceful march in Labe city

APA-Conakry (Guinea) The populations of Labe, a city of the Middle Guinea located at 400km from Conakry the capital, Sunday staged en masse a protestation march against the regime of Gen. Lansana Conte, APA learns here.

jeudi 18. of janvier 2007 Four die in Guinea strike amidst call for dissolution of the governmentt

APA-Conakry (Guinea) Three people have died in Conakry and one in Labé (middle Guinea, 400 km from Conakry) on Wednesday afternoon during confrontations between the police and demonstrators, in the eighth day of the "indefinite" strike the two trade-union groups, National Confederation of Guinea’s w...

mercredi 17. of janvier 2007 Youth protestors demand resignation of Guinean president

General L. Conté

APA-Conakry (Guinea) Hundreds of youths in the Boulbinet district of the Guinean capital, Conakry, seen as one of the President Lansana Conté’s strongholds, Wednesday undertook a massive protest march, chanting slogans hostile to the bed-ridden leader, insisting that he resigns, APA observes here.

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mardi 16. of janvier 2007 General Strike: Uneasy calm prevails in the Guinean capital

APA-Conakry, (Guinea) An uneasy calm is prevailing in the Guinean capital, Conakry as the strike entered its seventh day following the Monday incidents between security forces and demonstrators in several districts in the city, APA reported there on Tuesday.

lundi 15. of janvier 2007 Pledge of continuing vigilance at ceremony on 100th day after Politkovskaya’s murder

Reporters Without Borders paid homage to slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in a ceremony outside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today, the 100th day after her murder on 7 October in Moscow, lighting candles and hanging a photo and poster of Politkovskaya on the statue of Charlemagne in the ...

lundi 15. of janvier 2007 Gunshots, tension rock Guinean capital Monday

Police charging demonstratiors

APA Conakry (Guinea) On Monday, Guinean soldiers fired shots, which were heard in several districts of Conakry on the sixth day of the “unlimited” strike action launched by the trade-union groups comprising the National confederation of Guinea workers (CNTG) and the Guinea workers’ trade union (USTG...

lundi 15. of janvier 2007 The Gambia: Journalist missing since July being held in provincial police station, newspaper discovers

The opposition triweekly Foroyaa has revealed that "Chief" Ebrima Manneh, a journalist with the privately-owned Daily Observer newspaper who went missing on 7 July, is being held at a police station in Fatoto, a small town 400 km east of the capital.