Dozens hurt in Guinea protests
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Dozens hurt in Guinea protests
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Police in Guinea opened fire on people in Conakry on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring 29, according to newswire AFP who spoke to a doctor on the scene. Supporters of presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo reportedly threw stones at police, who retaliated with gunfire, as the country is counting down to Sunday's second round presidential poll.
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Prime Minister Jean-Marie Doré and the head of the gendarmes have ordered security forces to take drastic measures against anyone disrupting public peace, according to our correspondent Karim Camara in Conakry.
This once-delayed second-round vote will decide whether Cellou Cellein Diallo, a former prime minister, or verteran opposition leader Alpha Condé will become president.
Diallo has called for the head of the country's electoral commission, Louceny Camara, to stand down, saying that he is a staunch supporter of Conde. Cellein Diallo and his followers are calling to boycott the vote on Sunday if he is not immediately replaced. A Conakry court will consider the case on Thursday.
"Diallo is very very weak in this situation because they should have moved these guys before," said Alhousseine Bah, from Alliance Guinea, a non-governmental organisation.
"Konate should know, this is the main interest of the nation. This is a situation where they have to get an agreement from the two parties, because this is not the only Guinean who could lead the electoral commission (CENI)," Bah told RFI.
Schools and business centres remained closed throughout Tuesday in the troubled area of Bambeto.
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DECLARATION DU CNT SUR LA SITUATION SOCIOPOLITIQUE DU PAYS ET LES SCENES DE VIOLENCE OBSERVEES NOTAMMENT A CONAKRY.
Depuis plusieurs semaines Conakry est le théâtre de scènes de violences, d’affrontements entre les forces de l’ordre et des manifestants, de destruction de biens publics et privés, d’actes de vandalisme ayant entrainé d’énormes pertes en vies humaines, de nombreux blessés graves, des dégâts matériels et financiers importants. Cette situation a engendré un climat de psychose générale portant une atteinte grave au tissu social, aux libertés de circulation et de mouvements des citoyens, dont un grand nombre vit du quotidien.
Face à cette situation préoccupante pour tous et suite à de multiples sollicitations notamment celle des organisations de la société Civile, le Conseil National de la Transition (CNT) a convoqué ce mardi 28 mai 2013 une séance plénière extraordinaire pour exprimer sa préoccupation par rapport au climat de violence récurrente, prendre position et recommander des solutions pour un arrêt immédiat des violences dans la cité.
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Ethnic clashes erupt in Guinea capital
(Reuters) - Rival gangs fought with knives and truncheons in Guinea's crumbling seaside capital on Friday as ethnic tension worsened before an election in the unstable West African nation, witnesses said.
Security forces in full anti-riot gear piled into the backs of pick-up trucks and deployed across Conakry to separate the fighters as President Alpha Conde's government appealed for calm.
"It has become very bad. People set fire to a car right in front of me. I've seen four people injured in the fighting," said Souleymane Bah, a resident of Bambeto, one of several areas where clashes were reported.
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