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Karamba
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 Posted - 10 Feb 2007 : 14:01:36
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Succumbing to pressure from the unions and citizenry, president Lansana Conteh nominated Eugene Camara as Prime Minister to succeed his sweeping powers. Many in Guinea see Camara who already served as minister responsible for presidential affairs as an extension of Conteh's dictatorial hands. It is yet to be seen if the strike goes on or the president changes Camara's nomination.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 10 Feb 2007 : 16:31:46
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From Al Jazeera Online
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2007
15:38 MECCA TIME, 12:38 GMT
Protests over Guinea PM choice
At least one person has been killed in violence in Guinea after opponents of the country’s president protested against his choice of prime minister.
Lansana Conte named Eugene Camara, from his ruling party, as the new premier late on Friday in a move aimed at avoiding a repeat of last month's general strike that left 59 people dead.
But Conte's opponents say Camara is too close to the ruling clan to be a trustworthy head of government.
Thousands of protesters went on the rampage on Friday in the north and the west of the country calling for the ailing Conte to step down.
The strikers set up barricades on the streets, overpowered police, torched two police stations and freed prisoners in Duinguiraye, 400 km northeast of Conakry.
Residents in the Bonfi suburb of the capital Conakry said the security forces had killed one civilian and injured another when they opened fire on youths who started stoning a passing convoy they believed to be transporting the president.
"Two people were hit. One of them died, he was hit in the head," one witness said.
Strike threat
One union leader said the nomination of Camara, formerly Conte's minister in charge of presidential affairs, was not enough to call off a nationwide stoppage planned from Monday.
"We asked for a clean prime minister.
Instead of that we get an old man from the old guard who is too close to the current power structure," Louis Mbemba Soumah, secretary-general of the SNECG teachers' union, said.
"For us the strike order is maintained."
Strike leaders, who say Conte is no longer fit to rule after 23 years in power, had given the president until Monday to name a new premier, as he agreed to do in a deal struck two weeks ago to end an 18-day nationwide stoppage.
The SNECG was not one of the two main unions to have called the original strike and has in the past taken a more militant stance than they have.
Other union leaders declined to comment before a meeting on Saturday to discuss Camara's nomination.
Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/ |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Feb 2007 : 20:20:51
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In the race for justice, tyrants can run but can't hide. This is real case of "power to DA people" |
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mbay
Germany
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Posted - 10 Feb 2007 : 22:31:21
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The death toll in meanwhile is higher ,about 7 to 12 dead and many casualties .
Why this terminally ill man is jeopardising the country for nominating a one worse than him self, its clearly seeing that they have intention of continuing of massacring they own people . |
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Karamba
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Karamba
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Feb 2007 : 21:02:02
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When Guinea goes down the path of Rwanda, let no one say they did not know. Everyone said they did not know what happended in Rwanda.
Is Guinea being punished for the decisions of Seku Ture in going for full independence against her former colonial master?
It was reported that the French took away even the furniture and cables, telephones, spoon and plates away. The Minister of Health in Guinea was also the medical doctor at the Central Hospital and took on both jobs at the same time. Guniea then had only 200 graduates. They were even lucky. Botswana at independence had only one graduate at the time of Independence from Britain.
Unfortunately, african Governmenets are sitting and doing nothing. That is why the AU should be disbanded completely. Its just a talking shop and a drain on our hard earned monies.
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Feb 2007 : 00:21:49
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African leaders bank on same agenda of feeding on the flesh of citizens. They cause suffering and death so that those alive will have no option but to admit fear and submission. They all think in one direction and that is why what one does is supported by the rest. In the end, it is all failure and bad finishing. |
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