Guinean author Tierno Monénembo was awarded France's Renaudot prize for his novel "Le Roi de Kahel". Earlier, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi won the Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award, for "Syngué Sabour", his first French novel.
Guinea soldiers fired upon striking police officers in a raid on an elite unit headquarters. The police are striking over low pay, while the soldiers' attack may have been instigated by a police seizure of an army vehicle.
Guinea is the second producer of bauxite in the world. The resource could help the country's economy to improve, but commercial and human conditions imposed by mining companies are criticized. (Report: Tatiana Mossot)
What began on Monday as a protest over soldier wages has spiraled into calls for the army's top brass to be sacked and deadly violence in the Guinean capital of Conakry. At least three are dead; presidential guards have set up road blocks.
A significant number of Guinean soldiers have fired weapons and seized an army general demanding what they say are unpaid wages, in a repeat of a similar 2007 revolt. (Report: T. Mossot and T. Grucza)
Guinean soldiers held the deputy army chief over a longstanding pay dispute Monday. The latest mutiny increased fears of unrest following President Lansana Conte's surprise sacking of a consensus prime minister last week.
Victims of former Guinean President Sékou Touré's regime now have a commission for 'dialogue and reconciliation' to help them re-examine the country's history since its independence in 1958. (Report: François-Xavier Freland)
The Moroccan Lions' roars in the last minutes did nothing to change the result as the Guineans, down to ten players, were strong enough to hold and win their second game of the competition with a final score of 3-2.aa
The Moroccan Lions' roars in the last minutes did nothing to change the result as the Guineans, down to ten players, were strong enough to hold and win their second game of the competition with a final score of 3-2.
