Alpha Condé

Type: Person

Name: Alpha Condé

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Police in Guinea Clamp Down On Protests Against Voter Registration Software [press release]

members of Guinea's National Police Force fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a large group of opposition demonstrators who were protesting against the selection of a South African software firm, Waymark, to compile a new voter register. The incident ... [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, Aboubacar Sylla, Alpha Condé, protest, Conakry

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Guinea elections: Martin Banks

Since 2010, elections have been postponed several times and we still don’t have an elected parliamentCellou Dalein DialloThe EU has come under increased pressure to force the hand of Guinea’s president Alpha Condé over stalled legislative elections. Martin ... [Published TheParliament.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Alpha Condé, Elections, Siradiou Diallo, Cellou Dalein Diallo, Guinea Conakry

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 3 reports

Guinea opposition to renew protests

Guinean opposition leaders have called for renewed protests next week, accusing President Alpha Conde of sabotaging talks aimed at ending the impasse over the election. ... [Published News24.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: protest, Alpha Condé, Sabotage, Deadlock

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

George Soros

Steinmetz $9 Billion Fortune at Risk in Soros-Funded Bribe Probe

Lansana Conte, the former dictator of Guinea, once held sway over an asset that mining companies craved: the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore deposit, valued today at as much as $50 billion.BSG Resources Ltd., the diamond producer controlled by Israeli ... [Published Bloomberg - May 09 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, George Soros, Lansana Conte, Mining

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Guinea: Demonstrators Violently Attacked, Four Dead

A large crowd of supporters belonging to the Guinean Opposition Coalition were on May 2, 2013 brutally attacked with live bullets and tear gas by police officers and gendarmes drawn from the Guinea Security Force.The attack, which occurred at the Fidel ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Conakry, Protesters, Amadou Bah, Guinea Conakry

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Guinea indicts gendarme for rape in 2009 stadium massacre

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea has indicted a gendarme officer on rape charges related to a stadium massacre of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to the military junta in September 2009.Rights groups have criticized President Alpha Conde, elected ... [Published Globe and Mail - May 08 2013]

Entities: Massacre, Rape, Indictment

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 6 reports

Republic of Guinea elections: 3 killed in violent protest as many injured / Africa News

Three people have been confirmed dead in a second day of violent street clashes between opposition supporters and security officials that have swept the Guinean capital Conakry over delayed in legislative elections.Opposition party blamed the death on ... [Published National Turk - May 04 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, Alpha Condé, Elections

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

3 Killed as Protesters Clash with Police in Guinea

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least three people have been killed in police clashes with street protesters in Guinea, reports said on Saturday.Protests against President Alpha Conde continue in the capital city Conakry for the second day now, Voice of Russia repo ... [Published Fars News Agency - May 04 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, Protesters, Police, Alpha Condé, Elections

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Police in Guinea clamp down on protests against voter registration software

Entities: Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists, Guinea Conakry

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 4 reports

UN worried by 'volatile' Guinea

The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS Was R286.95 Now R258.26New York - The UN Security Council on Monday expressed concern over "volatile" events in Guinea in the run-up to a bitterly contested election in June.The 15-nation ... [Published News24.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, United Nations, Said Djinnit, Alpha Condé

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Police Attack Opposition Protestors, Arrest...

Police officers drawn from the mobile squad of the Guinea National Police Force on April 18, 2013 fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a large group of opposition demonstrators who were protesting against the selection of a South African software ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Aboubacar Sylla, Protesters, Alpha Condé, Conakry

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Secretary-General encouraged by efforts to resume political dialogue in Guinea

The UN Secretary-General has welcomed progress on the resumption of the political dialogue in Guinea.In a statement on Wednesday issued by his spokesperson, Ban Ki-moon said he was encouraged by the signing this week of a declaration by political leaders ... [Published United Nations Multimedia - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, United Nations, Alpha Condé

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Guinea Bribe-Probe Defendant Pleads Not Guilty ... [Published La Repubblica - May 16 2013]
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Corruption allegations threaten BSG Resources l... [Published BDlive - May 10 2013]
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Steinmetz $9 Billion Fortune at Risk in Soros-F... [Published Bloomberg - May 09 2013]
Guinea: Demonstrators Violently Attacked, Four ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 09 2013]
Opposition demonstrators attacked, killed in Gu... [Published Ifex - May 08 2013]
Guinea indicts gendarme for rape in 2009 stadiu... [Published Globe and Mail - May 08 2013]
Guinea indicts gendarme for rape in 2009 stadiu... [Published Reuters UK - May 08 2013]
Steinmetz-Linked Probe Seen Spurring Race for $... [Published La Repubblica - May 07 2013]
Political Transitions from a Human Rights Persp... [Published Fidh - May 06 2013]
Breaking News: Guinea Treasury Office Boss Shot... [Published Modern Ghana - May 04 2013]
3 Killed as Protesters Clash with Police in Guinea [Published Fars News Agency - May 04 2013]
Republic of Guinea elections: 3 killed in viole... [Published National Turk - May 04 2013]
Unrest in Guinea [Published Saudi Gazette - May 04 2013]
At least three killed in violent Guinea electio... [Published Globe and Mail - May 04 2013]
At least three killed in violent Guinea electio... [Published Reuters - May 04 2013]
Violent demonstrations in Guinea leave 4 dead [Published seattlepi.com - May 03 2013]
Violent demonstrations in Guinea leave 3 dead [Published MyNorthwest.com - May 03 2013]
The French, the UN and the Ivory Coast [Published Pambazuka News - May 02 2013]
NEWS ANALYSIS: Guinea poll delay raises fear of... [Published BDlive - May 02 2013]
Delayed polls push Guinea to the brink [Published Malaya Business Insight - May 02 2013]

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Business as usual [Published Baobab - The Economist - Jan 28 2013] FOREIGN troops may be marching into Mali, but next door in Guinea, it is business as usual. Squeezed along a peninsula that juts out in the Atlantic, the buildings of the capital, Conakry, are low and dilapidated. The air is sharp with the smoke from ...
Impunity Prevails over State of Law in Guinea [Published Global Voices Online - Nov 28 2012] Guinea was the first French colony in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence in 1958. From September 1958 until April 1984, a power that is described as revolutionary transformed the country into a huge open-air prison, arresting, torturing, imprisoning ...