The African Union has implemented travel and financial sanctions on members of Guinea's ruling junta. The US and EU had already imposed similar sanctions following the massacre of protesters in Conakry in September.
Guinea's opposition has handed mediating Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore (pictured left) a plan for an interim government to replace the ruling junta within six months.
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.
In a damning report published on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said an in-depth investigation into the September 28 bloodbath in a stadium in Conakry showed the massacre had been premeditated.
The EU has issued an arms embargo on Guinea and slapped financial and travel sanctions on members of the country's ruling junta. The African country was plunged into crisis following the massacre of opposition protesters in Conakry in September.
Sidya Touré, former Prime Minister of Guinea (1996-1999) and current leader of the opposition UFR party, gives his eyewitness account of the September 28 stadium massacre in the country’s capital, Conakry.
EU member states have agreed a draft resolution imposing an arms embargo on Guinea and sanctions against the military junta, following a bloody crackdown on opposition supporters that rights groups said claimed more than 150 lives.
Cellou Dalein Diallo, the former Prime Minister of Guinea (2004-2006) and the current president of the opposition UFDG party, speaks out about the junta’s violence against civilians since 28th of September.
The world continues to scrutinise Guinea, one day after the UN began a probe into a massacre of opposition supporters and junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara (photo) missed a deadline to declare whether he intends to stand in presidential elections.
Guinea's military junta chief says international mediators should decide on his candidacy in a January 2010 presidential election. Moussa Dadis Camara (pictured) vowed not to run in the vote when he seized power last year.
