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Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. (AllAfrica)

DAKAR Friday, November 06, 2009 (IRIN) - Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is “volatile” due to a combination of sharp economic decline; widespread and chronic poverty; limited access to basic services like health, water and sanitation; and persistent political instability. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference www.mimalaria.org/pamc in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa hosts at least 11 million of the world's 25 million conflict-affected IDPs. Millions more are displaced annually by natural disasters. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Most IDPs in Africa have been forced out of their homes by conflict, either between government forces and armed opponents or between communities. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - The objectives of the Convention (irinnews.org)

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has chaired the first day of mediation talks in Ouagadougou between Guinea's military junta and other political groups.

The World Should Take Note (AllAfrica)

BISSAU Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - In Bafata, Guinea-Bissau, children go door-to-door counting mosquito nets, monitoring hand-washing and checking distance between kitchens and latrines. The activities are among efforts by health NGOs and authorities to fill the gap between cholera-prevention messages and behaviour, after a 2008 epidemic killed some 220 people and infected at least 13,000. (irinnews.org)

DAKAR Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction. (irinnews.org)

A coalition of Guinean opposition leaders has presented President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso a set of proposals they believe will end  the political crisis precipitated by a military takeover in Guinea last December, reports Sidwaya from Ouagadougou. (AllAfrica)

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, commentator and National Public Radio correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reflects on her conversations with survivors of a brutal crackdown on opposition supporters in Guinea.

Washington -- 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. (AllAfrica)

CONAKRY, Guinea The man who led Guinea's most recent coup says he "bitterly regrets" the deaths of civilians who were gunned down by soldiers at a protest last month.

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) this morning adopted a motion moved by the Hon. Member from Swaziland Marwick Khumalo against the massacre witnessed in Guinea on September 28 where at least 150 protesters calling on Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara to step down were allegedly shot dead by security forces. (AllAfrica)

CONAKRY, Guinea - Tens of thousands of workers went on strike Wednesday to mark the one-month anniversary of a massacre in which troops fatally shot pro-democracy demonstrators and raped women in broad daylight, officials and workers said.

Three prominent jurists will form the international commission of inquiry to probe last month's violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea that led to the deaths of at least 150 people and the rape of many others, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today.

Three prominent jurists will form the international commission of inquiry to probe last month's violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea that led to the deaths of at least 150 people and the rape of many others, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today. (AllAfrica)

N'zérékoré - Guinea junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara's home region - has an ethnically mixed population and has experienced communal clashes before. Guinea's latest political crisis has taken on an ethnic dimension there, according to local civil society activists. (AllAfrica)

The most important step the international community can take to help Guinea is to press the military to vacate power so Guinean civil society groups can help the country transition to democracy, says a former U.S. ambassador to Guinea, Dane F. Smith Jr. (AllAfrica)

DAKAR Friday, October 30, 2009 (IRIN) - N’zérékoré – Guinea junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara’s home region – has an ethnically mixed population and has experienced communal clashes before. Guinea’s latest political crisis has taken on an ethnic dimension there, according to local civil society activists. (irinnews.org)

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 29, 2009 (IRIN) - An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change. (irinnews.org)

Military leaders in Guinea have arrested several leading pro-democracy advocates.

AFGuinea,0132 Guinea's military arrests 10 on hunger strike Eds: APNewsNow. CONAKRY, Guinea A Guinean activist says the military has arrested 10 demonstrators who were on a hunger strike to protest last month's massacre.

Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly military attack on civilians - " to call for political dialogue, an end to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators.

Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly military attack on civilians - to call for political dialogue, an end to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators. (AllAfrica)

The Security Council today again called on Guinean authorities to charge and try the perpetrators of last month's deadly crackdown on unarmed demonstrators that reportedly killed 150 people and wounded hundreds more, warning that situation might pose a risk to regional peace. (AllAfrica)

Civil society groups in the Mano River Union Basin under the banner of International Alert are currently in Monrovia strategizing how to resolve the ongoing crisis in neighboring Guinea. The meeting which brought together a number of civil society organizations from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Guinea and host country Liberia is intended to address troubling developments from neighboring Guinea which has left over 250 person's dead and more seriously injured. (AllAfrica)

The bodies of people killed during a rally are seen at the capital's main mosque in Conakry, Guinea Workers in Guinea are holding a nationwide strike in commemoration of the killing of at least 157 opposition demonstrators one month ago.

CONAKRY, 27 October 2009 - Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians.

Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians. (AllAfrica)