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WEST AFRICA: Humanitarian stockpile takes shape - on paperBAMAKO Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (IRIN) - When a storm hits in Togo, disaster relief items must be flown in from Brindisi, Italy, but that is just too far, according to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is formalizing the region’s first government-operated humanitarian stockpile in Mali’s capital Bamako. (irinnews.org)
GUINEA: Aid groups mobilize to help wounded
DAKAR Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are mobilizing funds and relief supplies to help more than 1,000 Guineans injured in 28 September violence, as well as to brace for further unrest as the country remains “very volatile”, according to the UN. (irinnews.org)
GUINEA: Timeline since independence
DAKAR Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - International pressure is mounting on the junta in Guinea following the deadly 28 September military crackdown on demonstrators, with West African leaders imposing an arms embargo and the UN and the International Criminal Court launching probes into the attack that witnesses call "indescribably brutal". The latest violence stunned even a nation with a long history of military repression of civilians – an era Guineans had hoped would pass with the death of 24-year leader Lansana Conté and arrival of Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2008. Here is a timeline of some events since independence from France in 1958. (irinnews.org)
US concerned by reported SA training in Guinea
The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that South African "military instructors" are training militiamen backed by the ruling junta in Guinea, a US official said Thursday.
(Topix.net)GUINEA: Uncertainty over toxic chemicals in Conakry
DAKAR Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (IRIN) - The recent upheaval in Guinea has delayed the disposal of toxic chemicals discovered earlier this year at several sites throughout the capital Conakry, according to UN experts. (irinnews.org)
UN team to probe september killings in Guinea
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged three investigators to work "independently to assess the facts" that led to the deaths of scores of people who demonstrated against the government in Guinea in September.
(Topix.net)South African Govt Probes Mercenary Reports
The Pretoria government is probing reports that South African mercenaries are training Guinean militia, recruited by the country's military junta on an ethnic basis. (AllAfrica)
International Inquiry Into Deadly Crackdown Begins Work - UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the members of the International Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September's violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, ahead of the team's visit to the country next week. (AllAfrica)
Narco-Chemicals Threaten Public Health
The recent upheaval in Guinea has thrown into question the status of toxic chemicals discovered earlier this year at several sites throughout the capital Conakry, according to UN experts. (AllAfrica)
Guinea: Uncertainty Over Toxic Chemicals in Conakry
The recent upheaval in Guinea has thrown into question the status of toxic chemicals discovered earlier this year at several sites throughout the capital Conakry, according to UN experts.
(Topix.net)SAPS officer 'training Guinea mercenaries'
By Peter Fabricius Foreign Editor Several South Africans, led by a former SA Police Service officer, are working for a Dubai-based security company in Guinea, providing protection and training to the military junta which seized power in a December coup and has been ostracised by African organisations, security sources say.
(Topix.net)Yar'Adua, Compaore Discuss Guinean Crisis
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua Monday met with the President of Burkina Faso, Mr. Blaise Compaore, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. (AllAfrica)
SA, Israel training Guinea junta soldiers
South African and Israeli army instructors, hired by the ruling Guinea junta, are training pro-junta recruits in a camp in Forecariah , witnesses said.
(Topix.net)Madame Diallo, 'The Children Ask About Him'
The Diallo family in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has found no trace of Thierno Abdoulaye Diallo, 20, a student, since he set off on 28 September for a football stadium in the city. (AllAfrica)
Confronting Camara And His Junta in Guinea
Following the passing away of Guinea's long-time ruler, Lansana Conte, in December 2008, the medium-sized country sitting along Africa's west coast has barely escaped the international spotlight. Because of Guinea-Conakry's prominent role in issues, especially of peace-keeping, in and around the ECOWAS [Economic Commission of West African States] sub region, a wide-range of foreign governments and international institutions have gone out of their way to speak out and to take action. (AllAfrica)
GUINEA: Madame Diallo, "The children ask about him"
CONAKRY Monday, November 16, 2009 (IRIN) - The Diallo family in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has found no trace of Thierno Abdoulaye Diallo, 20, a student, since he set off on 28 September for a football stadium in the city. (irinnews.org)
Guinea drug charge for Conte son
A Guinean court has charged a second son of the late President Lansana Conte with drug trafficking.
(Topix.net)SA investigating reports of mercenaries in Guinea-Conakry
The Department of International Relations is investigating reports that another group of South African mercenaries are in Guinea-Conakry. The reports from the French media say the South Africans have been spotted training supporters of the military leader, Mousa Dadis Camara.
(Topix.net)Syli Nationale Need a Point
Guinea need at least a point from their final 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations Group E qualifier against Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan today to have any chance of winning a place in Angola next year. (AllAfrica)
GUINEA: Humanitarian update
Health centre in the Gbessia Port area of Conakry UN agencies and NGOs are assisting the state health sector in the aftermath of the 28 September violence DAKAR, 12 November 2009 - Six weeks after the deadly military crackdown on civilians in Guinea, families are still searching for loved ones, the wounded continue to need medical care and aid ...
(Topix.net)Woman Docked for Wilful Damage
Chambo Manneh, a Guinean woman, was on Tuesday arraigned at the Bundung Magistrates Court before Magistrate Olagubutu Kayode, on charges of willful damage and threatening violence. (AllAfrica)
Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea
The problem with the international community is that it is either acting too slowly, with unnecessary consultations taking the bulk of its time, or acting too swiftly without proper thinking. The latter has been the problem with international response to the situation in Guinea. (AllAfrica)
Humanitarian Update
Six weeks after the deadly military crackdown on civilians in Guinea, families are still searching for loved ones, the wounded continue to need medical care and aid agencies are assisting state health workers cope with the aftermath, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Guinea. (AllAfrica)
Guinea Military Threatens Problems if Current Leader is Forced Out
Captain Moussa Dadis Camara At mediation talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea's ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish his role in a transitional government.
(Topix.net)In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production
DUSHANBE Thursday, November 12, 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November. (irinnews.org)
GUINEA: Humanitarian update
DAKAR Thursday, November 12, 2009 (IRIN) - Six weeks after the deadly military crackdown on civilians in Guinea, families are still searching for loved ones, the wounded continue to need medical care and aid agencies are assisting state health workers cope with the aftermath, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Guinea. (irinnews.org)
In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (IRIN) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report. (irinnews.org)
SA mercenaries seen in Guinea
By Peter Fabricius Foreign Editor The South African government is investigating reports that about 50 South African mercenaries are working for the military junta which seized power in Guinea late last year.
(Topix.net)Opposition Rejects Unity Govt
Guinea's opposition has rejected a proposal for a government of national unity which would include the military junta which seized power last December, reports Le Potentiel of Kinshasa. (AllAfrica)
Guinea: Time for Democracy in Guinea is Now, U.S. Diplomat Says
Now is the time for the people of Guinea to elect a democratic government of their choice, a senior U.S. State Department official told reporters October 30.
(Topix.net)Armed elite soldiers stand guard in Martyrs Square, Conakry, Guinea during independence ceremonies.
Photograph: Luc Gnago /Reuters Guinea 's military junta has imported millions of dollars worth of weapons in recent weeks, despite international sanctions imposed on the country after members of the presidential guard massacred at least 160 people at an opposition rally in September.
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