Muted milestone Oct 3, 2008
Completed in 1914, the construction of the 700km (435 miles) track to Kankan was a French project partly to aid with the export of fruit. But the trains ground to a final halt in May 1995. (BBC News -- Africa)
NPP Economy Bunkum Aug 11, 2008
We were told that before the 1966 coup, Ghana was on the threshold of economic collapse; that Nkrumah had taken 50, 000 as pocket money on his trip to Hanoi and they even went to the extent of cartooning Nkrumah kneeling before the body of a dead woman at the Flagstaff House on the instructions of Kankan Nyame of Guinea. They rubbished all the achievements of Nkrumah after they had failed to stop the United States and the British governments from providing financial support for the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Guinea:President Sacks PM, Names Close Ally to Post May 22, 2008
Disturbances and protests followed in the town of Kankan in the east of Guinea, which is dominated by people from Kouyat; ethnic group ... The day after the announcement, on 21 May, shops and businesses were open in Conakry and other urban centres, except Kankan were locals reported that shops were closed and the atmosphere tense. (allAfrica.com)
Debunking NPPs Lies About The Economy Apr 3, 2008
before the body of a dead woman at the Flagstaff House on the instructions of Kankan Nyame of Guinea. They rubbished all the achievements of Nkrumah after they had failed to stop the United States and the British governments from providing financial support for the construction of the Akosombo dam. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nduom Insults the Intelligence of Northerners Nov 28, 2007
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Guinea: Government On the Brink As Soldiers Rampage May 12, 2007
The soldiers appeared to have coordinated the latest mutiny in barracks across the country starting on Thursday night at around 10pm by shooting in the air in such towns as Faranah, Gu;ck;dou, Labe, Kankan, Kissidougou and Kindia. Intense shooting continued through most of the night and into the morning. (allAfrica.com)
Guinea troops fire in air in protest at officer May 11, 2007
At least one person was killed and around 40 injured last week when soldiers demanding salary increases shot into the air, sending bullets falling down onto the homes of terrified residents in garrison cities including Conakry, N'Zerekore, Kindia, Labe and Kankan. Kouyate went to speak with soldiers in the Alpha Yaya Diallo barracks late last week and assured them that a solution to their complaints would be found. (AlertNet)
Guinea army pay protest widens in rain of bullets May 5, 2007
The protests, which began late on Wednesday in major barracks in the capital Conakry and in Kindia, spread to garrisons in at least three other cities -- Labe, Kankan and N'Zerekore -- in the world's leading exporter of bauxite ... "There was firing all night, we couldn't sleep. This morning, soldiers who are billeted in neighbourhoods continued firing," said one resident of Kankan in eastern Guinea. (AlertNet)
WFP Condemns Looting of Food Warehouses During Unrest Feb 15, 2007
During violent disturbances in the eastern city of Kankan on Sunday, a WFP warehouse was stripped bare, and a total of 350 tons of rice, yellow split peas and cooking oil was stolen by marauding local inhabitants ... In addition, WFP's office in Kankan was attacked by a mob throwing stones, forcing the evacuation of the only international staff across the border into Mali ... The looting means there are now no remaining food stocks in Kankan. (allAfrica.com)
GUINEA: Martial law hindering help for wounded Feb 14, 2007
Also on Tuesday, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that 550 metric tonnes of food worth more than US $350,000 was looted on Saturday and Monday from WFP warehouses in Labe and Kankan, and the WFP's representative in Kankan had been evacuated to Mali after stone-throwing youths attacked the WFP compound. WFP had suspended its operations in Guinea the week earlier, a statement said. (AlertNet)
Guinea:Insurrection As Strike Resumes Feb 13, 2007
In Kankan, about 400 miles northeast of Conakry, the headquarters of the United Nations World Food Program was attacked and its rice stocks stolen. Reports indicate that troops joined the looting. (allAfrica.com)
Three killed in Guinea riots as unions vow strike Feb 12, 2007
CONAKRY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed when protestors rampaged through Guinea's capital Conakry and the eastern town of Kankan on Sunday, as unions vowed to resume a crippling general strike to oust a new prime minister ... Residents in Kankan, an opposition stronghold some 690 km (430 miles) east of Conakry, said thousands of protestors looted shops and raided the houses of government officials on Sunday. (AlertNet)
Three die in fresh Guinea clashes Feb 12, 2007
The violence in the capital Conakry and the eastern town of Kankan was the second day of rioting since Lansana Conte, the president, named a close ally as the prime minister ... Violence Residents of Kankan, an opposition stronghold about 690 km east of Conakry, said thousands of protesters looted shops and raided the houses of government officials. (Aljazeera.Net)
Protesters shot on Guinea streets Feb 11, 2007
As well as the known seven civilian deaths, there are also unconfirmed reports that two soldiers were killed and their bodies burnt by protesters in the town of Kankan. The BBC's Will Ross in Conakry says the capital is in chaos after protesters went on the rampage, ransacking government offices and the homes of government ministers. (BBC News)
Deadly clashes erupt over Guinea PM Feb 11, 2007
At least two people were killed in Kankan, 450 km (280 miles) east of Conakry, when a military police officer opened fire on demonstrators before himself being beaten and burned to death, residents said. Two people were killed in Faranah, 300 km east of Conakry, while a local government official in Kindia, 100 km northeast of the capital, said between three and five civilians had been shot dead when they tried to storm a prison. (Aljazeera.net)
12 die in latest Guinea violence Feb 11, 2007
Crowds killed the soldier after he fired on demonstrators, killing two at Kankan, 600 kilometres east of the capital Conakry. It was originally reported the soldier had shot three people dead. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Just In)
Guinea riots toll rises to 59 Jan 26, 2007
About 15,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the main administrative centre of Kankan, in the east of the country, urging union leaders to beware of "cunning" by the 72-year-old president, who has ruled since 1984. Hundreds of other demonstrators gathered in central Labe and Yimberin in the north, police and witnesses said. (Aljazeera.Net)
Offer fails to end Guinea strike Jan 26, 2007
Thousands of people have held protests in the eastern town of Kankan, reports the AFP news agency ... AFP says the authorities did not try to stop the Kankan march, while there are fewer police than in previous days on the streets of Conakry. (BBC News -- Africa)
* Police kill 23 Guinean protesters Jan 24, 2007
In Kankan town east of the country, three demonstrators were killed and 22 wounded, among them seven seriously. In neighboring Siguiri, two protesters were also shot dead while seven were injured, said Mamadi Conde, Kankan regional secretary general of the National Confederation of the Workers of Guinea. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Guinea police clash with strikers Jan 23, 2007
Deaths have also been reported in the town of Siguiri and Kankan. There were also mass protests in the towns of Pita, Dabola and Telemele, reports the AFP news agency. (BBC News)
Guinea: Push for Democracy Prompts Violent Reaction Jan 23, 2007
In the far-eastern town of Kankan, observers estimated that 20,000 people began marching in the morning, but three hours of violence ensued after the army started shooting into the unarmed and largely peaceful crowd ... "These were huge crowds and it wasn't like other days when it was more like gangs. This time it was normal families, women, teenagers, heads of family marching. It was a vast crowd," a resident in Kankan said. (allAfrica.com)
More than 20 killed in Guinea strike violence Jan 23, 2007
A doctor at the Donka Hospital in Conakry said 17 people were killed by gunfire in the capital, while a senior local government official said six other people were killed in the northeastern towns of Kankan and Siguiri. "I've never seen a situation like this since I've been a doctor. The majority of the victims appear to have been directly shot at," said the doctor, who asked not to be named. (AlertNet)
Guinea cops kill 23 in strike violence Jan 23, 2007
In Kankan town east of the country, three demonstrators were killed and 22 wounded, among them seven seriously and in neighbouring Siguiri, two protestors were also shot dead while seven were injured, said Mamadi Conde, Kankan regional secretary general of the National Confederation of the Workers of Guinea (CNTG). Several labour union leaders behind the open-ended strike which has paralysed Guinea, were arrested on Monday evening by members of the presidential guard, a union official said. (iAfrica.com)
Two killed in Guinea protests Jan 20, 2007
Witnesses in Kissidougou said several thousand people had taken to the streets before their rally was broken up, and residents in Kankan, another eastern town, reported a big demonstration. Troops on the streetsTroops from the presidential guard have been deployed on the streets of Conkary since Monday, alongside police and gendarmes, after the city governor banned all public gatherings. (Aljazeera.Net)
