Inquiry Opened Into Deadly Guinea Crackdown
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/africa/31briefs-Guinea.html
October 31, 2009
World Briefing | United Nations
Inquiry Opened Into Deadly Guinea Crackdown
By REUTERS [Guinea] [Africa] [equatorial Africa—just north] [western Africa] [recent political instability around Africa] [causes are many including extreme poverty exacerbated by global economic meltdown] [jihadis in Islamic Maghreb and Somalia-Kenya] [remnants of colonialism] [coup last December and horrible crackdowns since] [followup Oct 9] [*]
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened an international inquiry led by an Algerian
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/africa/31briefs-Guinea.html
October 31, 2009
World Briefing | United Nations
Inquiry Opened Into Deadly Guinea Crackdown
By REUTERS [Guinea] [Africa] [equatorial Africa—just north] [western Africa] [recent political instability around Africa] [causes are many including extreme poverty exacerbated by global economic meltdown] [jihadis in Islamic Maghreb and Somalia-Kenya] [remnants of colonialism] [coup last December and horrible crackdowns since] [followup Oct 9] [*]
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened an international inquiry led by an Algerian diplomat into a deadly crackdown on protesters in Guinea last month, the United Nations said Friday. The Security Council has condemned the violence, but failed to back the inquiry because Russia did not like the idea of interfering in the domestic politics of another country, council diplomats said.
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