Guinea's crackdown on post-electoral protests by security forces must be investigated – The Sierra Leone Telegraph thesierraleonetelegraph.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesierraleonetelegraph.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two people were killed during clashes with police in the suburbs of Guinea s capital Conakry on Monday, their families and medical sources said, amid a national strike that has paralysed the city. -February 27, 2024 at 04:06 am EST
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The death toll from the explosion and fire at Guinea s main fuel depot rose to 23 on Thursday, according to the government, while in Conakry clashes broke out between security forces and groups of young people protesting against the lack of petrol at service stations.
In the wee hours of the morning, a group of men dressed in military uniform appear on state television and claim to have seized power from a president whose family has controlled the country for decades. It's a scene that played out most recently in Gabon in August but has become all too familiar in this part of Africa, a vast region known as the "coup belt" with a continuous chain of military rulers stretching from coast to coast. There have been at least a dozen coup d'états in West and Central Africa since 2020, with eight proving successful while the others either failed or spiraled into conflict.
Africa at a crossroads as more democracies fall to military coups, experts say go.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from go.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.