Burkina Faso’s leader to mediate political crisis in Guinea following bloody protest

October 5th, 2009 French foreign minister urges Guinea interventionPARIS — France's foreign minister says international intervention is needed in Guinea after soldiers there opened fire on demonstrators last week. Bernard Kouchner also says France can no longer work with the government of Capt.

October 2nd, 2009 Guinea to hold election despite bloody protestCONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea's leader, who seized power in a coup nine months ago, said Friday that elections will continue as planned even as his military junta prepared to bury 57 people who died when troops fired live ammunition into a pro-democracy rally. Wearing a crisp military uniform, Capt.

October 2nd, 2009 Guinea govt buries 57 people killed in protestCONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea's independence celebrations were somber Friday as the government prepared to bury 57 people killed when troops fired live ammunition at a pro-democracy rally. Before the burials, religious leaders will pray over the bodies at the capital's main mosque in this predominantly Muslim West African nation.

October 1st, 2009 Guinea opposition calls for help and new electionCONAKRY, Guinea — A top figure in Guinea's opposition appealed Thursday for outside help to hold elections after troops loyal to the military leader fired live ammunition at 50,000 pro-democracy protesters earlier this week. Opposition leader and former prime minister Sidya Toure told AP Television News that he cannot have any kind of discussion with the government of Capt.

September 30th, 2009 87 dead in Guinea opposition protest: Red CrossCONAKRY, Guinea — Doctors treated hundreds of injured civilians Tuesday, a day after soldiers fired at a pro-democracy rally in the capital's stadium as the death toll in the West African country rose to 87, local Red Cross officials said. New York-based Human Rights Watch said eyewitnesses told them that security forces had stripped female protesters Monday and raped them in the streets.

September 30th, 2009 Guinea soldiers shoot dead at least 10 protestersCONAKRY, Guinea — Soldiers fired into a crowded stadium where demonstrators had gathered to protest against the West African nation's coup leader Monday, killing at least 10 people, an Associated Press reporter said. Opposition parties had organized the protest in the capital's main football stadium, which drew some 50,000 people.

September 30th, 2009 Guinea's military leader bans demonstrationsCONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea's military leader banned all gatherings and demonstrations Wednesday, as the United Nations pressed for an independent investigation into why troops opened fire on 50,000 pro-democracy protesters. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned the soldiers' use of live ammunition against the unarmed people who gathered Monday in a stadium in Conakry, the capital, to protest against Capt.

September 29th, 2009 CONAKRY - At least 87 people were killed in Guinea when government security forces fired into the crowd at an opposition rally in the capital Conakry, reports said Tuesday. Hundreds of opposition supporters turned up Monday at the Sep 28 football stadium, named for the day in 1958 when Guinea claimed independence from France, to campaign against junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.

September 8th, 2009 UN distributes food to West Africa flood victimsOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The World Food Program has launched emergency operations in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania, distributing food rations to the victims of flooding across West Africa, the U.N. relief agency said Tuesday.

September 2nd, 2009 Severe flooding uproots 110,000 in Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Officials say that torrential rains have killed at least five people in Burkina Faso's capital and forced nearly 110,000 from their homes. Minister of Social Welfare Pascaline Tamini said on state radio Wednesday that she expects the number of people affected to grow significantly in the coming hours.

August 4th, 2009 Madagascar political rivals to meet in MozambiqueMAPUTO, Mozambique — Two Madagascar politicians who have waged a deadly power struggle are meeting in an attempt to end the Indian Ocean island's political crisis. Ousted President Marc Ravalomanana and his rival Andry Rajoelina are to hold talks Wednesday in the Mozambican capital Maputo.

June 18th, 2009 Peru Indian protest leader arrives in NicaraguaMANAGUA, Nicaragua — Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango arrived Wednesday in Nicaragua, where he has been granted political asylum after facing charges in his homeland for his role in protests against Amazon development that turned bloody. Pizango left Lima on a Copa Airlines flight and was greeted in Managua by a Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry representative.

May 21st, 2009 Bobo-DIOULASSO - In the dusty town of Bobo-Dioulasso in western Burkina Faso, young women in brightly-coloured dresses watch construction workers mix cement in the afternoon sun. As the workmen haul bricks across the building site, the women whisper excitedly.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Opposing any external interference in Nepal affairs, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury Tuesday said crisis in that country was 'not unnatural' as such 'hiccups' occur in a 'nascent democracy'. Nepal has a 'nascent democracy in which many hiccups can develop, which is not unnatural', Yechury said in a statement.

December 24th, 2008 CONAKRY - The leader of a military coup attempt in Guinea has declared himself president after a triumphant parade through the streets of the capital here. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who Tuesday announced that the government and constitution were suspended hours after the death of President Lansana Conte, told reporters that 'free and transparent' elections would be held in 2010.