Posts Tagged ‘Conakry’

Guinea: on the verge of a civil war

Sunday, December 6, 2009 20:47 By GSerrano

According to BBC breaking news, ‘Guinea’s vice-president has returned from business abroad to take charge of the country after an attempted assassination on the president. President Moussa Dadis Camara was flown to Morocco, where a spokesman said he underwent a “minor operation” after being shot on Thursday. Vice-President Sekouba Konate returned from Lebanon to take [...]

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Torrential rains in West Africa: more than 350,000 people affected

Sunday, September 6, 2009 8:04 By GSerrano

Heavy torrential rains in West Africa have caused flooding in several cities and affected over 350,000 people.
In Burkina Faso, this is the worst flooding in 40 years. Burkina Faso is the last country that suffered the impact of these torrential rains that flooded the capital, Ouagadougou, in a few hours. About 110,000 inhabitants of this [...]

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