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Three prominent jurists will form the international commission of inquiry to probe last month's violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea that led to the deaths of at least 150 people and the rape of many others, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today.

Military leaders in Guinea have arrested several leading pro-democracy advocates.

AFGuinea,0132 Guinea's military arrests 10 on hunger strike Eds: APNewsNow. CONAKRY, Guinea A Guinean activist says the military has arrested 10 demonstrators who were on a hunger strike to protest last month's massacre.

Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly military attack on civilians - " to call for political dialogue, an end to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators.

The bodies of people killed during a rally are seen at the capital's main mosque in Conakry, Guinea Workers in Guinea are holding a nationwide strike in commemoration of the killing of at least 157 opposition demonstrators one month ago.

CONAKRY, 27 October 2009 - Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians.

Various youth organizations in Guinea are scheduled to go on a five-day nationwide hunger strike beginning Wednesday to push the country's military leaders to resolve the political crisis.

The European Union agreed on Tuesday to impose an arms embargo on Guinea over the killing of anti-government protesters, and said it would restrict the travel and freeze the assets of individuals involved.

A massive mining and oil deal was signed this week with China, even as anger continues to grow over a military takeover of government, and the unprovoked shootings and rapes by government soldiers - captured on cell phone cameras - killing some 157 protestors at a public rally.

Jonathan Ngolo, a 65-year-old retired lecturer from Kenya, tells the BBC how he was kidnapped and held hostage for one year and 16 days after being scammed in Guinea's capital, Conakry.

I have interviewed women and even child survivors of sexual violence before, mostly during civil wars in conflict zones.

This man in the Guinea capital Conakry said his hand was nearly severed when a soldier hacked it during the 28 September crackdown DAKAR, 21 October 2009 - Aid agencies are mobilizing funds and relief supplies to help more than 1,000 Guineans injured in 28 September violence, as well as to brace for further unrest as the country remains "very ...

Without some fast diplomatic footwork, China could again face excoriation for helping to finance a murderous regime, five years after an international campaign began pressuring Beijing over military and financial links to the Sudanese regime and massacres in Darfur.

Guinea Prime Minister Kabine Komara on Wednesday pledged to back a UN-led inquiry into a bloody crackdown on an opposition rally by security forces which has been globally condemned.

The European Union is preparing to impose an arms embargo and visa ban to punish Guinea's military rulers for a massacre at a pro-democracy rally, an official said Thursday, in the latest effort to step up international pressure on the junta.

A proposed international probe into last month's deadly crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea has received the green light from local and regional stakeholders, with the army captain who seized power in a coup d'tat pledging full cooperation, a senior United Nations official reported today.

International outrage continues to mount following last month's brutal crackdown by Guinea security forces on pro-democracy demonstrators .

CONAKRY, Guinea: Guinean government said it has signed a $7 billion mining agreement with a Chinese company.

The spokesman of Guinea's junta-backed government announced on Thursday he was resigning over the massacre of scores of opposition supporters, becoming the third minister to step down.

The head of Guinea's military junta has postponed saying whether he will stand for president, an official said Sunday, the day after the West African nation was slapped with an arms embargo.

Paris - The French government Friday formally recommended to its citizens residing in or visiting Guinea to leave the country because of the continuing violence there.

Reports of a large infrastructure and minerals agreement between Guinea and Chinese investors this week have turned a harsh spotlight on the human rights and geopolitical stakes of the scramble for Africa's natural wealth.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 22:29 Mecca time, 19:29 GMT ICC to investigate Guinea killings The crackdown on thousands of opposition supporters left at least 150 people dead The International Criminal Court has launched a preliminary investigation into last month's deadly crackdown on opposition demonstrators in Guinea.

Two Cabinet ministers in Guinea resigned and France urged its citizens to leave as security deteriorated in the aftermath of a bloody rally last month.

The International Criminal Court confirmed today that its prosecutor is looking into last month's events in Guinea, where at least 150 people were killed when security forces opened fire on an opposition rally.

Guinea's junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara should be tried for crimes against humanity over last month's crackdown on opposition protesters, EU development commissioner Karel de Gucht said yesterday.

The International Contact Group on Guinea has ordered the military junta to formalise arrangements by Friday that would rule out their participation in the presidential elections billed for January 2009.

Reviled internationally for gunning down unarmed pro-democracy protesters last month, the military government of Guinea has gained a lifeline - thanks to a $7 billion mining deal it says it obtained with a Chinese company.

Guinea's military government, facing international sanctions and heavy strictures over a mass killing of unarmed demonstrators, is highlighting a recent agreement with a Chinese company that could provide it with billions of dollars.

Conakry - Residents of the Guinean capital Conakry on Tuesday largely heeded union calls to stay at home for a second day in protest at the killing of 150 people by the army on September 28, residents said.

Political opponents in Guinea say the country's military ruler must resign before they take part in regional mediation efforts following last week's killing of at least 157 protesters.

Shops, markets and offices were closed Monday in Conakry and other cities after labour unions called on residents to stay home in protest at the September 28 massacre which killed at least 150 people.

Thousands of Guineans stayed home Monday and riot police with tear gas canisters patrolled empty streets as the West African nation began two days of mourning for those killed by soldiers during a pro-democracy rally.

Guinea's ruling regime is in talks with China over investment in its natural resources, the west African country's minister of mines said, according to British newspaper the Financial Times on Monday.

The interview below is the testimony of a Guinean soldier who took part in the repression of the opposition demonstration in Conakry , in Guinea , on September 28, 2009.

Guineaa s political crisis following the massacre of at least 130 pro-democracy demonstrators last week may force the countrya s military junta to back off in disputes with mining companies.

At an 8 October gathering of Guinean women beaten or raped during the recent military attack on demonstrators, all wept as one young woman presented torn clothes soldiers had ripped off of her.

The top United Nations human rights official voiced concern today over the risks to Guineans if the world body launches an investigation into the killing of at least 150 people last month when security forces opened fire on an opposition rally in the West African nation and raped some of the women protesters.

Former Liberian rebels participated in a recent bloody crackdown of an opposition rally in Guinea by the country's military, sources from the army, the opposition and a rights group have said.

A dispute broke out at the head of Guinea's military government late on Wednesday after a junta leader sought to arrest a military officer for his part in the mass killings of anti-government protesters last month.

CONAKRY, Guinea - Cellphone snapshots, ugly and hard to refute, are circulating here and feeding rage: they show that women were the particular targets of the Guinean soldiers who suppressed a political demonstration at a stadium here last week, with victims and witnesses describing rapes, beatings and acts of intentional humiliation.

Nearly a dozen men sat in the B. B. African and American Restaurant on Webster Avenue in the Bronx, their gaze fixed on the French news on television.

After the killing of dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators by security forces in Guinea last week, West African leaders have sent a presidential mediator in a bid to calm the tensions.

The United States has "conveyed deep outrage" to the government of Guinea over a violent military crackdown on a protest rally last month in which more than 150 people were killed, the State Department said on Tuesday.

Brutal, indisciplined and divided, the Guinean army that turned a peaceful demonstration into a bloodbath on Monday is still powerful and difficult to reform while it holds power, analysts say.

Protesters at gold miner AngloGold Ashanti's Siguiri mine in Guinea have caused minor disruptions to production by blocking workers from entering the site, the firm said on Monday.

Guinea's leader on Monday dismissed the French foreign minister's call for international intervention in the West African country after soldiers there opened fire on demonstrators last week, killing at least 57.

PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES A Guinean holds a sign reading a oeDown with the army in powera Monday in Conakry, Guinea.

The Economic Community of West African States is expressing "disgust" at the violence in Guinea that left at least 58 people dead and several seriously injured.

The government has expressed its shock and dismay at reports of the loss of lives and wounding of unspecified numbers following the shooting of unarmed persons at a protest rally at a Sports Stadium in Conakry, Guinea, last Monday by Guinea security forces.

Guinea's army has been accused of getting rid of many bodies from a bloody crackdown on an anti-junta rally but the authorities have stuck by their toll of 56 dead.

At the military camp where he makes decisions - he does not care for government buildings - the captain who is president explained why he did not get to the political rally earlier this week that his soldiers turned into a bloodbath.

Guinean university student Sorie Condeh witnessed troops opening fire on opposition supporters.

Guineans strain to find the words to describe the violence they saw on 28 September when soldiers opened fire on demonstrators, stabbing people with bayonets and gang-raping women and girls.

The Security Council has added its voice to widespread United Nations condemnation of this week's killing or wounding of hundreds of civilian demonstrators at an opposition rally in Guinea, where some of the protesters were raped by members of the security forces.

The massacre of protesters rallying Monday against the current president in Guinea stoked international outcry against and scrutiny of the coastal West African nation. But outside of Guinea, few knew much about the target of the protests: military junta leader Cpt. Moussa Dadis Camara, who came to power in a bloodless coup in December. He had promised to hold elections to transition to civilian leadership. Reports that he was planning to run in January elections sparked public anger.

In the capital city, Conakry, an estimated 50,000 protesters gathered in a stadium in opposition to the planned bid. The UN says more than 150 people were killed when soldiers fired on them, though the Guinean junta says most died from the resulting stampede out of the stadium. (How did Guinea erupt into violence? Read more here.)

He did not say which hospital Diallo was being treated in, but Guineanopposition figures in Paris said it was a military hospital in Clamart on the outskirts of the capital.

Guinea's military junta is going ahead with plans for Friday's Independence Day celebration despite opposition calls for a total boycott.

CONAKRY: Opposition leaders in Guinea yesterday rejected a call by the ruling junta to enter a national unity government, dismissing it as a tactic to divert attention from a lethal crackdown on street protesters.

The U.N. Security Council has expressed its concern about the killing of scores of protesters in the West African nation of Guinea on Monday during an anti-government rally in the capital, Conakry.

It is becoming clearer by the day that militarism and democracy can't mix. And those who think the military can provide democratic or even an adaptable civil leadership are living in a fool's paradise as Guinea's junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has discovered Monday this week when violence and bloodbath swept across the Guinean nation.

US Condemns Violence Against Guinea Protesters By David Gollust State Department 30 September 2009 The United States has condemned the Guinean military's brazen and inappropriate use of force against demonstrators in Conakry Monday.

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