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African Union slaps sanctions on Guinea junta
African leaders have decided to impose sanctions on military-ruled Guinea in the wake of last month's massacre of scores of opposition supporters in the capital, Conakry, leaving the country increasingly isolated.
By News Wires (text)
AFP - African leaders decided Thursday to impose sanctions on military-ruled Guinea in the wake of last month's massacre of scores of opposition supporters, a statement said.
Heads of states who sit on the African Union Peace and Security Council decided to "to take all the necessary measures towards the implementation of targeted sanctions including denial of visas, travel restrictions and freezing of assets."
The sanctions will target junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara "as well as members of the government and any of the civilian or military persons whose activities are aimed at maintaining the unconstitutional status quo in Guinea," the statement said.
The move comes a month after junta troops opened fire in a Conakry stadium at a rally urging Camara not to stand in presidential elections planned for January.
At least 150 people died when troops opened fire on thousands of protesters in a Conakry stadium on September 28, the United Nations says. Human rights groups put the toll at 157 dead and more than 1,200 injured, including women who were publicly raped.
The miliatry regime has admitted that 56 people died and 934 were wounded.
The junta seized power in the mineral-rich state on 23 December last year, just hours after the death of Guinea's longserving ruler Lansana Conte, who was an autocratic army general.
The African Union sanctions are the latest in a string of punitive measures to be taken against the junta.
On Tuesday the European Union said it was imposing an arms embargo, assets freezes and travel bans on junta leaders.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also imposed an arms embargo earlier this month.
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Comments (7)
we want him out of the presidential house
we the guinea students here in nigeria are calling on the EU,AU AND HUMANITERIAN GOVERNING BODY TO HELP GET HIM OUT. HE DOES NOT HAVE HUMAN FEELINGS,AFTER ALL HE HAS PROMISED.KILLING OUR PEOPLE RENDERING THEM HOMELESS AND HELPLESS.HE IS A KILLER AND UNLAWFUL PERSON.HE IS ONLY THERE TO SAVE HIM SELF AND NOT HIS NATION
He should
we dont want Dadis Camara;let him step down
guineamasacre
i thing the world leader is giving daddis camara and his groupe to be prepare for the next massacre like they did on liberya an sierre leon ,other wise you dont give a criminal leader a time to think ,you just go get him and bring him to justice. please guys let not loose time here ,investigation for killing and raping woman is only good for the country who has a roule of law and have a stable goverment ,daddis is not elected president .
Not enough
The list of CNDD members facing travel ban is too short and it has left out many names like Kabine Koroma,Alexander Loua.The list should also include to wives of Dadis and other CNDD members, becasue these ladies are flying around with millions of dollars cash and diamonds.Also Dadis has many civilian associates, who smuggle gold to Burkina Faso and other African States and they should also be banned from travelling
African Union slaps sanctions on Guinea junta
At long last the African Union has decided to take punitive action against the military junta in Guinea. This is a step in the right direction. A mechanism should be put in place to monitor compliance by all AU member states. Those states which flout this resolution must be named and shamed. Otherwise it would be difficult to avoid coming to the conclusion that this was all a show to make the international community believe that something is being done. Perhaps human rights organizations can take up the challenge to monitor how well and faithfully the sanctions are being implemented.
TP
OMG, Guinea deserves better than Daddis
God, please save my country from the hands of these idiots
Guinea Junta has to be forced to step down.
The junta chief and the CNDD must be forced to step down. An international peace keeping force must be send in Guinea since the junta chief himself affirm that he does not have the control over the army. Civilians and the whole region's stability is at stake, which means over ~ 300 millions lives (16 countries).
The ECOWAS, AU, EU, US an UN needs to combined their effort to save the West African region from another civil war. Guinea is actually a very fertile ground for a dangerous type of civil war in West Africa.
Help us stop this junta!
Vive La Guinee!
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