Conakry, Guinea News

In Guinea's capital, Conakry, family members cry after identifying the body of a relative killed on September 28, 2009, when security forces fired on opposition supporters as they marched to and later held a rally in the September 28 Stadium.

A Guinean minister has been charged for his role in a 2009 massacre of protesters against the former junta in which he played a leading role, human rights organisations have announced.

The chairman of Guinea's election commission died in a Paris hospital days after his conviction for voter fraud by a suburban Conakry court, French radio said.

One person was killed and seven others wounded after security forces opened fire on angry demonstrators in the north of Guinea, according to reports reaching the capital Conakry, according to China's Xinhua news agency on Wednesday.

One person was killed and 30 were injured as Guinean soldiers fired on a crowd protesting electricity cuts in the port city of Kamsar, north of the capital Conakry, residents and officials said on Tuesday.

Alpha Conde became president in 2010 after a lifelong battle against a series of despotic and military regimes which sent him into exile and prison.

At least one person was killed during riots in a bauxite mining town in Guinea on Monday over power outages, witnesses said.

Efosa Idemudia, the program manager of the SCO Family of Services, is flanked by Amara and Mamadou Toure.

Alpha Conde, president of Guinea, once again expressed sincere condolences to the Korean people on the untimely demise of leader Kim Jong Il, when receiving Kim Su Il, charge d'affaires a.i. of the DPRK in Conakry on Jan.