Conakry Gov, Sekou “Resco” Camara, Has No Tolerance for Post-Election Resistance: With Militias, Donzos and Mercenaries on His Speed Dial, Sounds Like He’s the Guy for the Job

Gov. of Conakry – Sekou “Resco” Camara – This guy is no Boy Scout!

About a month ago, the Governor of Conakry, Sekou “Resco” Camara, appeared at an Art and Trade School ceremony in Matam.  Camara is a board member of the school and was there to make a presentation.  Attendees can’t be faulted for expecting an education-oriented speech, because what they got was a sermon wrapped in a threat.  Camara told the audience that resistance to the Supreme Court’s ruling would not be tolerated and that he would see to it, personally, that troublemakers are dealt with in the capital city.  This would be a major feat, given that the number of those likely to resist the Supreme Court ruling would be well over the majority of the population of Conakry.

 

Camara told the audience, “When the Supreme Court announces the final results, the new Resco will signal his return.”  While one should be cautious about people who refer to themselves in the third person, it is wise to listen to what Camara says.  He is more likely than most to make good on a threat  — he has the power of his governorship and an endless supply of people and money.  Let’s just say that Camara has Malinke militias, Donzos, and mercenaries on speed dial.

 

 

Camara, a military officer, was appointed Governor by General Sekouba Konate during his transitional presidency. As the governor of Conakry, Camara’s responsibilities reach far and wide.  Conarky is his dominion and he has the arrogance to go with it.  Camara is often seen in public as any one of his three personas:  business suit slick, revernt boubou, and the downright comical uniform that makes him look like a Boy Scout.  But, this guy is no Boy Scout.  In his short time in office, he has racked up quite a record of repression.  He was indicted earlier this year for commanding and overseeing torture during the 2010 presidential election.  

 

As part of a full court press to secure the presidency for Alpha Conde in the second round of the election, Camara ordered illegal mass arrests of opposition supporters, primarily Peuls, and oversaw their torture. Like other administration officials who have betrayed the people’s trust, he has never been tried.

 

Also this year, Camara frustrated opposition efforts to secure permits for marches, often changing routes at the last minute landing participants in the path of Malinke militias supplemented by security forces.  During marches, Malinke militias and security forces regularly provoked, injured and killed peaceful opposition supporters.

 

But the worst came in February when the Governor coordinated violent attacks in Conakry’s Peul neighborhoods. Here is an account residents gave to Guineelibre.com about the attacks:

 

FOREIGN MERCENARIES PART OF GOVERNMENT ASSAULT ON OPPOSITION NEIGHBORHOODS

More information is flowing out of the predominantly opposition neighborhoods in Conarky which were the subject of state-sponsored attacks during the “dead city” day.  Several residents said that foreign mercenaries were part of the attack which included severe beatings, theft and rape. Residents said it was readily apparent that many of the attackers were not from Guinea and spoke languages used by natives of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Angola. In addition, the presence of domestic mercenaries, “Donzos,” or hunters, were noted as well.

 

The stepped-up attacks in Peul neighborhoods revealed that a small group of officials paid Malinke youth to commit violence as part of a militia.  The opposition issued a statement accusing four people, including Camara, of using state funds to hire and coordinate attacks.   Their statement appears below:

The full statement of the Guinean opposition

“Joint Declaration of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP), the Collective of Political Parties for the Completion of the Transition (Collective) and the Republican Club (CDR).

Political parties members of the ADP, the Collective and CDR inform the national and international authorities of the recurrent participation of donzos (hunters from the forest area who have been used as mercenaires by Alpha Conde – editor’s note) and other thugs of the ruling party (RPG-Arc-en-ciel) responsible for the repression of peaceful opposition protesters.

These private RPG militias which often benefit from the support of the police, are funded by a group called “Framework of Public Administration” which identifies targets and plans actions to be taken against opposition activists and their property.

Executives most involved in this business of repression of the opposition:

– SANKHON Malick, Director General of the Security Fund (CNSS) 
– Sekou Resco Camara, Governor of Conakry 
– Moussa Keita Kabassan, CEO of the National Center for Fisheries Surveillance (CNSP) 
– Moustapha NAITE, Managing Director of Built Heritage Public

They have the distinction of all being officials of the Guinean government using public funds to recruit, train and motivate real hordes of thugs who attack, rape and kill with the aim of discouraging any subsequent event of opposition. ADP, the Collective and CDR are of the opinion to witness and draw the attention of all organizations in defense of human rights regarding grave risks that these unscrupulous people, motivated solely by their personal interests are making a run at civil peace, political stability and national unity. In any event, the Guinean opposition has the right to complain to the national and international courts against these persons regarding incitement to hatred and violence, undermining national unity and repeated violations of human rights guaranteed by our Constitution.

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Conakry, March 18th, 2013 
The Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP) 
The Collective Political Parties for Completing the Transition 
The Republican Club (CDR)

 

 

Obviously, Camara saved his best for last as he closed his speech to the students at the art and trade school:

 

Speaking of the opposition, Camara said, “Do not associate with their movement.  God has finished doing his job.  If a person is a head of state, each of us must accompany this man.”

 

“When the Supreme Court decides the final results, the new Resco will signal his return.  I warn all the world, eh!  There will never again be a mess in Conakry. That’s it! Recess is over.  Holidays are over.  It is now true democracy in Guinea.”  

 

 

Most Guineans would say that if this is what constitutes democracy in Guinea  — no thanks!

 

 

On the Eve of Guinea’s Second Fraudulent Election in Three Years, A Few Breaking Stories

On the eve of Guinea’s fraudulent legislative elections, here are a few late breaking stories for you to ponder:

 

From Guinee58.com we are told that buses and trucks filled with Donzos and plain-clothed police are being dropped off in opposition areas.  When asked who these people are, the response is “election workers.”

 

 

Also Guinee58.com tracked down the author of the infamous “coup” story which appeared a few days ago in French newspaper – “Le Canard Enchaine.”  This article caused a major uproar in Guinea because it fingered the UFDG for being a coup collaborator with others outside of Guinea.  Guinee58 gave the author a pseudonym – Jerome Canard. He admitted that he was wrong to publish an article filled with mischaracterizions.  Guineelibre identified the author of the article as Paul Moussa Diawara, founder of website Guinee24, and supposedly an advisor to Conde.  This kind of article, coming out just a few days before elections, presents a dangerous situation for the opposition, which is exactly what Alpha Conde and his government intended.

 

Guineaoye will follow the election tomorrow and provide updates when appropriate.

 

Stay tuned . . .

Guinea’s Election of Fraud and an International Comm. Pretending Otherwise

One of many young victims, Fode Mamoudou Bah, of Guinean security forces’ extrajudicial executions during opposition demonstrations, October 22, 2012

If you have seen videos of opposition campaign rallies, you know the crowds are huge.  The attendees appear hungry for, well, anyone who is not Alpha Conde.  In fact, campaign rallies held during the 2010 presidential campaign were just as large and lively but it did little good when up against built-in fraud and and dirty tricks disenfranchisement coordinated by the CENI, Sekouba Konate, Alpha Conde and his RPG loyalists and enough state-sponsored forces to dole out the necessary repression to hold the farce together.

 

These days, the CENI is imploding under the weight of its current misdeeds and illegal manipulation of the electoral process. This includes not living up to the July 3 agreement which was supposed to signal an end to “hostilities” and a return to legislative elections.  But, each day, more and more evidence surfaces of a spectacular fraudulent election in the making for September 24.  So much so, the opposition is threatening a return to the streets in a few days if the CENI and the government do not come through on their commitments and adhere to constitutional provisions regarding elections.  

 

As for the people of Guinea, they are getting a bitter dose of the election, even before it starts.  There are numerous reports of voters not being able to find their names on the voting roll.  Also, the CENI’s plan to add thousands of new voter stations throughout the country is worrisome for many.  First, adding so many new stations presents a logistical nightmare for voters trying to determine if they are to report to their old voting station or if they have been re-assigned to a new one and whether the voting roll will contain their names when they get there.  The CENI promises to add all missing names to the voter roll as well as make sure all voters are informed if they are to report to new voting stations.  Representatives of the international community are echoing the CENI’s promises as if to re-assure Guineans and the rest of the world that the CENI means what it says.  It’s a good thing Guineans are not fools, because this is, as they say, “deja vu all over again.” In 2010, many found their names absent from the voter rolls and found themselves often assigned to the incorrect voting stations.  This was not incompetence nor happenstance, it was by design.

 

Ironically, in the United States, after the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which ensures citizens the right to vote, Southern whites conspired to prevent African-Americans from voting.  Their primary tools?  Removing names of African-Americans from voting rolls and bouncing them from one voting station to another, knowing that the need to get to jobs or a lack of transportation money would prevent them from being able to cast a ballot. The combined impact of these methods resulted in the disenfranchisement of large numbers of African-Americans well after the Voting Rights Act became the law of the land.   

 

 

The international community has needs that can only be met with the completion of Guinea’s legislative elections.  There is aid money to be distributed, projects to pursue and investor confidence to bolster.  What happens during the election is of little significance as long as a few representatives of the international community publicly announce, the day after the election, “while the election had some irregularities, overall, it was free and fair.”  It worked in the 2010 election and it will work again.  But, diplomats, UN and EU representatives, etc., remain uneasy. The signs are unmistakable on social media as they or their organizations issue cheerful, downright uplifting messages which obscure the truth of the enormous fraud already built into the Guinean electoral system — “there will always be issues in any election.”  Of course there will, but it’s a matter of proportion.  In the 2010 election, it took a mountain of fraud for the CENI et al. to go from a first round with Conde getting 18% and Cellou Dalein Diallo’s 53% of the vote (which would have won him the presidency if Louceny Camara had not stolen over 50,000 ballots cast for him in Conakry).  And, then, from there to Diallo losing in the second round??  Fraude extraordinaire!  Yet, the day after the election, Alpha Conde was Guinea’s “first democratically-elected president.”  Yet, those who anointed Conde as such, would never accept an election in their countries if the CENI was running it.  The international community shows the people of Guinea an immense amount of disrespect when it expects them to tolerate this situation.

 

The point is the international community needs order and calm in Guinea and they expect to achieve it with this election.  Yet, most importantly, this isn’t just any legislative election.  This is the election that will validate Conde’s “win” of the 2010 election.  When he “wins” a majority in the national assembly, no one in the international community will be interested in hearing about Conde’s sins nor his crimes.  Yet, to the people of Guinea, he is a lawless usurper and they will never stop trying to get rid of him.  They can’t stop because he has been responsible for too many deaths, too many lives destroyed, too many arbitrary arrests, and too many attacks on opposition demonstrations and Peul neighborhoods by state forces supplemented by Malinke militias, Donzos, etc. who have killed, raped and destroyed livelihoods.  And, yes, you may also lay at the feet of Alpha Conde the impact of his theft of elections which prevents the MAJORITY of the population from having any true political representation and, therefore, no participation in determining the course of their country.

 

By September 25, Conde may succeed in stealing his second election in three years and with it, he will have managed to alienate well over half the people of Guinea.  When you steal an election, much less two, you arrive or are maintained in office, but have no real mandate to govern.  Only massive repression will keep Conde in place.  There can be no doubt that Conde will pull out all the stops in the next two years of his presidency to crush the opposition, especially its Peul members.  And, much of the blame for the coming carnage must be placed at the feet of an international community for passing off wildly fraudulent elections as hallmarks of democracy.  

 

One day, the international community will be forced to choose between Alpha Conde and the people of Guinea. If unable, there are many who will make the decision for them. 

Guinea: State-Sponsored Forces and Alpha Conde Need to Be Given a “Stand Down” Order, Time for Someone to Stand Up (VIDEO)

It’s been a very bad three days in Guinea.  The security forces, in a violent and deadly fashion. prevented the opposition march last Thursday from proceeding down the Fidel Castro highway.  Tear gas, live bullets, and excitable security officers shooting  as if the marchers were plastic ducks swimming in the pool at the country fair.  Except these targets bleed real blood.  Two dead and several wounded seriously.

But, the day after, Friday, state-sponsored forces (security, Donzos, and RPG militia) burrowed deep into opposition neighborhoods, primarily Peul, and unleashed their terror.  On Friday, there were at least three more extra-judicial killings – all at close range.   The president of the opposition party SARP  was gravely injured by a rock.  Today, the headquarters of Cellou Dalein Diallo’s UFDG party was attacked by security forces with tear gas and shooting while people were inside meeting.  More on this in another post.

To pursue one’s constitutional rights in Guinea, is to stare death in the face.  We know why Alpha Conde upholds and fosters his repressive state:  with the theft of the 2010 election, this is the only way to keep in check the overwhelming majority of Guineans who did not vote for him.  He can only continue this way if the international community continues to support him.  For several years, Guineans showed a lot of deference to members of the international community, thinking its support would be helpful.  But, the international community became increasingly difficult to read as it talked to average Guineans about democracy yet supported a violent and repressive Conde government.  In 2009, reeling from the September 28, massacre and rapes and the worrisome Capt. Dadis Camara and his military junta, the international community wanted, in their next move, to refrain from raising the ire of  Guinea’s 40,000 plus, largely Malinke, army.  This meant that there was only one path for Guinea and the international community was the scout leader.  The next president of Guinea had to be a civilian and a Malinke. France was willing to offer its adopted son of 59 years, Alpha Conde.  Also, the new president had to be “agreeable” about the sharing of Guinea’s resources.  For a very short time, the international community got some of what it was looking for in Conde.  Then, his ethnocentric hate speech and policies to cut Peuls out of every aspect of governance was followed by incarcerations and elimination of Peuls.  Forget the violence agreement.  If Conde makes peace with Peuls, he loses his base of support – Malinkes.  Don’t forget the 2010 election year refrain of the Malinkes, “Anybody but a Peul.” Add to this his nepotism, his skimming off the top of mining deals teed up by his overseers, George Soros and Tony Blair, and the nagging concern about that 2010 election “fraught with problems.” Now the question becomes, “Is Conde more of a problem than he is worth?”  And this is where things are now.  Guineans are asking the international community to choose sides.  When you support a pariah, you become a friend of a pariah.  When you support someone with blood on his hands, it drip all over yours, too.

Following are two videos:  the first is a speech by UFDG party president and opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, at the April 25 opposition march, where he addresses the international community about the state of Guinea (in French) and the second video is from this past Thursday’s march showing the kids resisting the security forces with rocks – this is an intifada, a very legitimate intifada.

Opposition Accuses Four Conde Officials of Financing Targeted Looting and Murder by RPG Militias and Donzos Against Its Supporters and Residents of Peul Neighborhoods

CONDE’S MERCENARIES OF CHOICE – DONZOS.  This photo was taken on September 28, 2011 as they celebrated their “kills” from the day before. They stabbed and shot opposition protesters.  Note that Conde’s “red berets” joined the party.

[Translated into English via Google with editing by Guinea Oye]

The opposition raised its voice against Conde’s government. In a statement released of which www.guinee58.com holds a copy, the opposition leaders accuse four senior officials of the Conde’s administration of having used public money to fund thugs who looted shops and boutiques traders as well as the murders of innocent citizens going about their business. This is Malick Sankhon, Resco Camara,  Mustafa NAITE and Moussa Keita Kabassan.

The full statement of opposition

“Joint Declaration of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP), the Collective of Political Parties for the Completion of the Transition (Collective) and the Republican Club (CDR).

Political parties members of the ADP, the Collective and CDR inform the national and international authorities of the recurrent participation of donzos (hunters from the forest area who have been used as mercenaires by Alpha Conde – editor’s note) and other thugs of the ruling party (RPG-Arc-en-ciel) responsible for the repression of peaceful opposition protesters.
These private RPG militias which often benefit from the support of the police, are funded by a group called “Framework of Public Administration” which identifies targets and plans actions to be taken against opposition activists and their property.
Executives most involved in this business of repression of the opposition:

– SANKHON Malick, Director General of the Security Fund (CNSS)
– Sekou Resco Camara, Governor of Conakry
– Moussa Keita Kabassan, CEO of the National Center for Fisheries Surveillance (CNSP)
– Moustapha NAITE, Managing Director of Built Heritage Public

They have the distinction of all being officials of the Guinean government using public funds to recruit, train and motivate real hordes of thugs who attack, rape and kill with the aim of discouraging any subsequent event of opposition. ADP, the Collective and CDR are of the opinion to witness and draw the attention of all organizations in defense of human rights regarding grave risks that these unscrupulous people, motivated solely by their personal interests are making a run at civil peace, political stability and national unity. In any event, the Guinean opposition has the right to complain to the national and international courts against these persons regarding incitement to hatred and violence, undermining national unity and repeated violations of human rights guaranteed by our Constitution.

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Conakry, March 18th, 2013
The Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP)
The Collective Political Parties for Completing the Transition
The Republican Club (CDR)

Tomorrow Could Be Guinea’s “OK Coral:” Opposition Declaration States All Leaders Will Be in Court to Refute Gov’t. Charges on March Violence AND They Are Bringing Their Supporters As Well

If you recall, this past Saturday, a Guinean court sent summons to all leaders of the opposition for an appearance in court Thursday, March 14, to answer charges of civil liability for damages and violence during the February 27 march and subsequent days. During the march, it was supporters of Alpha Conde’s RPG party, security services, and Donzos who initiated violent attacks on unarmed, peaceful marchers which included rock-throwing (by both RPG thugs and security services, setting off of extensive amounts of tear gas which could have caused a deadly stampede in a march that was several hundred thousand in size, knife attacks, and live gunfire from police). Suggesting that the opposition was responsible for this was a highly provocative move on the part of the government, but trying to drag the leaders of the opposition parties into court to answer charges was the last straw.

On Sunday, presidents Alassane Ouattara of the Ivory Coast, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf from Liberia, and Ernest Bai Koroma from Sierre Leone paid a visit to Conde under the guise of discussions about Mano River issues and Mali. What they were really there to do was to pull Guinea’s enfant terrible back from the brink that could easily spark a civil war — one that could spill over into their borders as well. No doubt, they emphasized that dragging the opposition into court under trumped up charges was illegal and undemocratic and that such an action would only serve to rally the opposition’s forces. Further, it would only take a shot or two of live gunfire into opposition crowds and Conde could be guaranteed that an army of Western diplomats would swoop in on him and dance on his head in between threatening to withhold financial aid. Anyway, one, or all, of these persuasions worked and, on Sunday night, the government makes an announcement that the Thursday, March 14, court session was canceled and any charges relating to the march would be dealt with on an individual basis. Then, the government decides to criminally charge three opposition members who signed the letters of information required by the government to be submitted prior to marches and scheduled them for court tomorrow to answer criminal charges. The opposition, as you will see in the declaration below, says – no way! Charge one of us and the whole opposition leadership will be there WITH our supporters.

So, the three presidents are back where they started and, while the opposition is fired up, it remains in the government’s “crosshairs.” Let’s hope more international press covers tomorrow’s events beyond Reuters’ anemic accounts – Conde has not received nearly enough of the lousy press he deserves.

GROUP statement, ADP, and CDR “political leaders ADP, Collective and they solemnly inform CDR they will all be present at nine o’clock in the morning, at the hearing on Thursday, March 14 the Court of first instance Dixinn “

Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 9:33

Written by Barrie K

The member parties of the ADP, the Collective and CDR express their outrage at the judicial harassment faced by political leaders of the opposition accused wrongly of all violence which came after a peaceful march on February 27.

They express their unwavering solidarity vis-à-vis their colleagues unfairly under the blow of an indictment for offenses that are attributable only to the police and thugs and other activists of the ruling party.

The opposition said that it is its activists and supporters who have been victims of live bullets, assault and battery, destruction of property and other acts of vandalism. Indeed, it is mostly among the demonstrators on February 27 who will be counted in the tally of the deaths, hospitalizations and brutal and illegal arrests.

Although the prosecutor, on the orders of the Minister of Justice, has decided to temporarily suspend the civil suit filed against thirteen opposition parties, the subpoena of the three political leaders who signed letters of information about the event required by government authorities, are to be charged criminally involving all parties in the opposition –ADP, the Collective and the CDR.

All political parties who are members of the three political groups feel co-responsible, jointly and severally, for all peaceful demonstrations they organize.

Also, the political leaders of ADP, Collective and they solemnly inform CDR they will all be present at nine o’clock in the morning, at the hearing on Thursday, March 14 at the Court of first instance Dixinn to answer the charges that are unduly charged.

They ask all their supporters and sympathizers as well as all citizens who love justice, freedom and democracy to accompany them to support their colleagues arbitrarily pursued in the framework of an unfair judicial proceeding.

ADP, the Collective and CDR confirm their determination not to yield to any form of intimidation in their legitimate struggle for the advent, in Guinea, of a state that respects democratic principles and human rights.

Conakry, March 12th, 2013

The Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP)
The Collective Political Parties for Completing the Transition
The Republican Club (CDR)

GUINEA UPDATE March 7: The “Waste of Time” Mtg. Part 2, Postponement of Burials of Opposition Murdered by State, Attacks on Radio Stations, and Conde’s Balaclava Brigade Pays Visit to Journalist’s Home

Government Dialogue Meeting with Guinea’s Political Class

The second government dialogue meeting with the “political class” takes place this morning. The meeting is chaired by Prime Minister Fofana. The opening meeting of the dialogue was held earlier this week on Monday, March 4. The opposition sent a delegation consisting of opposition spokesperson, Aboubacar Sylla, and two other representatives. The opposition considered the meeting to be a “waste of time” because Conde was not interested in a true dialogue between himself and participants. The same delegation will represent the opposition today as well. More information as it becomes available.

Burial of Martyrs Murdered by the State

Yesterday was to have been the burial of the youth who were killed by state security and RPG members during and after the February 27 march. The head of the National Transition Council, Rabiatou Serah Diallo, and religious leaders paid Cellou Dalein Diallo, opposition leader, a visit earlier in the week to ask him to postpone the planned burial procession that would involve several thousand Guineans. According to Rabiatou Diallo and the religious leaders, it would be dangerous to have so many people on the streets after such intense violence in the country. Cellou Dalein Diallo agreed to the postponement, but not for long, it appears.

IFJ condemns attacks on radio stations in Guinea-Conakry

6 Mar 2013 14:24

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) yesterday, 5 March 2012, has condemned the attacks on two private radio stations in Guinea.

According to Union of Free Radio and Television of Guinea and other independent sources, the Planet FM and the Renaissance FM stations were attacked on Friday 1 March and Sunday 3 March 2013.

Shots were fired at parts of Planet FM’s recording studio as an opposition leader was being interviewed, while other acts of violence targeted the premises of Renaissance FM at night. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

“We condemn the attacks and call on authorities in Guinea to investigate these incidents, arrest perpetrators and bring them to justice,” said Gabriel Baglo, IFJ Africa Director.

Political tensions have risen ahead of legislative elections due to take place this year in Guinea. The IFJ recalls the importance of safeguarding the safety and security of journalists in the course of their work, thus promoting press freedom which is one of the pillars of a democratic country.
Source: allAfrica

Political crisis in Guinea: Journalists targeted

Posted on March 7, 2013

Sociopolitical crisis that shakes Guinea for some time, is getting worse.

After the march of the Guinean opposition has recorded that there are 9 dead and over 100 injured by gunshot, the violence takes another disturbing turn.

It is now journalists who are subject to targeted attacks. This is the case of our colleague, the Director of the weekly publication “The Challenge” and “bête noire” of the regime of Professor Alpha Condé, Thierno Mamadou BAH, was targeted in night of 6 to 7 March.

Indeed, according to our information, the home of our colleague has been the subject of a visit by the least unexpected — men in uniform, armed and masked. The guards providing security at the journalist’s home have long dealt with unexpected visitors.

The first (journalist’s guards) stationed inside and the second (the masked men) outside held an extensive exchange. According to one of the guards, “the people there wanted to know if the boss is there. As we could see them from a device that has to watch out here without being seen, we realized that there were many and we heard Malinke and Konia (Guinea Oye not: Konia is a region along the border between Guinea and the Ivory Coast, where Donzos (hunters) mercenaries, who have been involved in several attacks in Guinea against Peuls, are from). Since I am Malinke and Sousou is my second language, we addressed them in our languages, to let them know that Mr. BAH would not be coming home tonight and that he has not been sleeping here for 6 days. We asked what was the problem?

They told us that our boss is against the government and they will find him and kill him. They said to tell him to stop writing against the teacher (Guinea Oye note: Conde is called “the professor”) and stop talking to the Planet FM radio and RFI. They told us that we were not worthy of being Malinke and Sousou and we should not work for him. We pointed out that we work for a security company. They leave.

This testimony from one of the guards who guard our brother demonstrates the seriousness of the situation.

This alarming visit suggests that this was a kidnapping attempt and it adds to the attempted assassination of our brother Mandian Sidibé, Executive Director of Planet FM has been on 3 March.

Sidibe’s program is fully political, and a violent force of bullets rang through the the premises of the radio Planet FM. Also, note that our colleague, Nouhou Baldé from guineenews.org was attacked by thugs armed with clubs and stones.

Journalists who are critical of the government and independent are no longer able to freely practice their profession. Is this not a decline in democratic achievements? To be continued!

GUINEA: Conde’s “Kristallnacht”- Six Dead, 200 Injured, 62 Arrests, Mutilations and Security Forces Kidnap Thousands of Youth in Middle of Night in Pita, Mamou, Dalaba, and Labe Taking Them to Unknown Destinations

Conde’s forces are mutilating victims, primarily by cutting off ears and fingers

Kristallnacht, “Night of Broken Glass,” refers to a Nazi pogrom against Jews in Germany in November 1938. Over a two day period, a German paramilitary force, in collusion with civilians, uprooted Jews to banish them from the country. To accomplish this, they destroyed Jewish-owned buildings, taking sledgehammers to homes, stores, synagogues, schools, and hospitals. German authorities looked on without intervening.

When it was over 100 people were killed and 30,000 were sent to concentration camps.

In Guinea, between Saturday night and Sunday, three more people were killed bringing the total deaths to 6 since last Wednesday in attacks by RPG thugs, state security, and mercenaries. More deaths can be expected in these Peul neighborhoods, especially those who are wounded already but are unable to safely leave their homes and obtain medical treatment.

The 200 injured are filling up Conakry hospitals and include gunshots and stab wounds, as knives tend to be the favorite of domestic mercenaries,Donzos (hunters).

On Friday, the government announced that 62 people were arrested for demonstration-related “crimes.” You can bet most, if not all, are Peuls and their fate in the hands of the government is tenuous at best. Leaving them to rot in jail is not out of the question. Further, the government stated it would go after the “coordinators” of the march, meaning leaders of the various opposition parties.

Finally, the punishment of choice in ethnic wars, mutilation, has reared its ugly head. As early as last Thursday, hospitals and clinics received patients whose ears and finger had been cut off.

As for other parts of Guinea, young men are being snatched out of their homes in the middle of the night and taken off to unknown destinations. Read the following story from guinee58.com

Exclusive: Thousands of young activists arrested UFDG nightly in Mamou, Pita, Labe and Dalaba and taken to unknown destinations

Google translation into English

Monday, March 4, 2013 10:38

Guinea, our beloved country is decidedly straight into the wall. After looting their property, rape their girls, murdering gruesome conditions of their children, the community of Pulaar Guinea continues to face the wrath of the dictatorial regime of Alpha Condé.

Anti-Peul war held in Conakry by President Alpha Conde now extends Fouta Djallon. Sources close to the UFDG thousands of their young activists were arrested in their sleep by the police on the orders of President Alpha Condé and taken to unknown destinations.

It all started around 1am when unexpected arrests were recorded in several cities including Pita, Dalaba, Mamou and Labe. “We have had several families who have reported the arrest of their youth while they slept quietly at home “A federal official of the UFDG (opposition party) confirmed this information when reached by telephone. “They were arrested without judicial warrant” he laments. “Most were beaten and humiliated in front of their families before being thrown into vans of police” say several people.

Unable to join the President UFDG Diallo, several of his relatives have confirmed to be aware of the arrest of their politicians in grotesque and deplorable conditions.

We will return …

Moussa Marah, www.guinee58.com , Conakry

STAY TUNED . . .

Conde Meeting March 4: Opposition Leaders Will Not Attend, But Spokesperson Sylla Will with 2 Reps., March 6: Opposition Will Bury Its Dead and Announce Next Event

ABDOULAYE SOW,  AGE 13, MURDERED BY GUINEAN STATE SECURITY FORCES WILL BE BURIED ON WED., MARCH 6, IN BAMBETO

Prior to the February 27 march, Conde issued an invitation to the “political class” to meet with him to discuss reconciliation, peace and the election. The opposition held off declaring whether it would attend. After the state-sponsored violence of the last five days, the international community is pushing hard for Conde to proceed with the meeting and to have opposition parties participate.

While tomorrow’s meeting promises to be a preposterous dance to soothe the international community, look for Conde to take advantage of his platform to exacerbate the situation.

Look for the burial procession on Wednesday to be dangerous. In the past when the opposition has gathered to bury those who died in previous demonstrations, state security has tear gassed participants, as well as families of the deceased, and used these intrusions as an opportunity to commit mass arrests. The burial procession on Wednesday will be enormous, as always. With all opposition leaders walking in the procession, neither the RPG thugs nor state security will sit idly by.

Note that, in addition to the opposition complaints listed below in an article by guineeactu.info, other Guinean websites suggest that the opposition representatives will also take the opportunity to reiterate their primary demands that Waymark be replaced with a new contract which guarantees transparency and to allow Guineans who live abroad to vote in legislative elections.

Meeting with Alpha Conde opposition politely declines

Bountouraby Soumah Sunday, March 3, 2013 9:17 p.m.

The leaders of the Collective, ADP and CDR came to consult about the opportunity to respond to the call of President Alpha Condé for a meeting this Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Palace Sékhoutouréyah. After discussions that our sources have described as “stormy,” the three political blocs decide to respond with a simple emanation. This delegation will be led by the spokesman of the three political blocs and also will consist of Dr. Bangoura of the CDR and Mrs.Traoré, Zalikatou Dr. Diallo, the SARP will aim to present the grievances of the opposition to President Alpha Condé. These complaints are, among others:

• the cessation of activities of CENI;
• the release of opposition activists arrested in connection with the opposition march on February 27 and the following days;
• health care for the injured in the violence that marred the Guinean capital these past few days;
• opening a thorough investigation to bring to justice the perpetrators of physical abuse and economic damage, some citizens were victims;
• establishing a framework for dialogue with international mediation or as a default under the aegis of Friends of Guinea countries represented by their ambassadors in Conakry.

Besides this, various leaders also discussed the burial of their militants killed in the violence of recent days. In this regard, it was agreed that the victims of the opposition would be buried on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. After the funeral prayer in the Faisal mosque, there will be a funeral procession to the cemetery in Bambeto and all opposition leaders will be present. If by then, no progress has been made on its complaints made to the government on Monday, the date for a new opposition event will be announced at the end of the burial ceremony.

Bountouraby Soumah
Conakry for GuineeActu

Alpha Conde Starts His Planned Civil War in Guinea

CONDE HAS THE BLOOD OF GUINEAN CITIZENS ON HIS HANDS

When the international community leaned on Conde to play nice and allow the February 27 march to take place, people who know little about Guinea may have thought things were improving a bit. Little did they know that, for Conde, rather than the march being a problem, it was an “opportunity” to unleash a civil war he has been planning for a long time.

Why now? Guinea has disintegrated into a living hell and the international community is all over Conde like white on rice. Even France and the Francophonie who inserted Conde into the presidency in the 2010 election, are pursing their lips over their enfant terrible. For business investors, Conde is a distinct liability to their pursuit of lucrative mining opportunities as the country becomes exponentially more unstable every day.

Conde knows his days are numbered if he continues to play ball with the international community. He needs the nagging diplomats off his back and out of the country, far away from high ranking military officers with a mind to pull off a coup. So, Conde has just thrown his biggest monkey wrench into the international machine that put him in office. He has created Armageddon on the ground in Guinea and his plan is two-fold: lengthen his stay in office and conduct an extermination of Peuls, including Peul political leaders, before he is overthrown and a Peul ends up in the driver’s seat. On February 27, 2013, Conde inaugurated Guinea’s Peul-Malinke civil war.

The following article talks about the first few days of this war and what might happen in the days to come:

Note that “Peul” and “Fulani” are names for the same ethnic group and can be used interchangeably.  The article was translated into English via Google with editing by Guinea Oye

Alpha Condé starts his planned civil war in Guinea

Lamarana Petty Diallo Saturday, March 2, 2013 3:47 p.m.

Alpha Condé has not digested the successful progress of the Guinean opposition with the march of 27 February 2013. Since that day, Conde has targeted, not all activists and supporters of the opposition in the Collective, ADP and CDR, but only the Fulani. At this moment, the armed wing of Alpha Condé consists of hooligans of his party, the RPG, the police forces and Donzo mercenaries and other unidentified bandits, engaged in the worst violence against the Fulani in Guinea’s capital.

The inhabitants of the suburbs of Conakry, hearing the Fulani, did not sleep a wink. The gunfire overnight resonated throughout suburbs mainly inhabited by the Fulani community. Incursions into their homes were conducted and include lots of theft, rape, destruction of property, and civilian deaths ​throughout the night of March 1 through Saturday, March 2. Guinea is entering into an unheard of cycle of violence in exacerbated since Alpha Conde came to power.

At this very moment, anti-Fulani purges continue throughout Conakry. Easily identifiable, the Fulani are hunted down, abused, killed, in the streets, in neighborhoods and in their homes.

Unfortunately, they have only their hands to defend themselves against criminals who shoot real bullets and wear knives, and carry machetes and iron bars, etc.for attacks. The Malinke thugs backed by the police, and mercenaries Donzos, and surely Angolans mercenaries (who had been expelled from Guinea-Bissau) spread terror among the Fulani who are accused of being supporters of the opposition UFDG party. Answers to questions about party affiliation must be answered quickly and carefully if there is to be any hope of avoiding the violence of RPG and the killer Condé, say people contacted on site. They do not want to let it go and no longer believe in whining to anyone: international community or otherwise. Unfortunately this loss of confidence and hope can pave the way for all to legitimately defend their lives.

Among the criminals closely associated with Alpha Condé, is one of his presidential guards, Moriba Camara, nicknamed “Red Devil,” who is particularly noted for his cruelty. He pulls up next to a victim and fires live ammunition at close range. When this article was posted, he had already seriously injured ten (10) people and when I put this update online, the eleventh of his victims had died. Other excellent sources indicate that seven (7) people were killed overnight in Peul neighborhoods in the suburbs.

Abuses continue and may worsen because an announcement which was just made live from Conakry say that the police are going up to the suburbs. If the police use RPG hooligans to reinforce them, you can imagine what will happen to their unarmed victims.

Alpha Conde is behind everything that happens in Guinea. It is he who has sent forces of war\, criminal-thug Malinkes, and Donzos and other mercenaries who are scattered in barracks throughout Guinea for specific purposes:

• exterminate Fulani, arbitrarily established as enemies;
• bill this as a “match-up” between Peul and Malinke, tell others the conflict does not affect them, it is between Peul and Malinke;
• isolate the Fulani and make the Soussou and Forest ethnic groups believe they are safe from his murderous regime. Once the case of those he considers to be the real strength against his dictatorship, set, he will turn against the two ethnic groups and subjugate them. For him, the only problem are the Fulani because “other ethnicities are purchasable and malleable.”

But Conde is wrong. It is the people of Guinea who are determined now to hunt their country. Guineans are becoming increasingly aware of the warning of General Lansana Conté who, speaking of Alpha Condé, said: “This man is dangerous. Never let him into Guinea. He is not ours. “Unfortunately this is true since Alpha Conde was “parachuted” into power in our country.

Finally, the day when the Fulani and other ethnic groups, because their turn will come, decide not to be surprised and killed by the thugs of Alpha Condé, the day the Civil War breaks out that the Guinean dictator was preparing..

Guineans together understand that the earlier Alpha Conde goes, the sooner peace will come. So let us on the outside get up to support our citizens inside the country. Demonstrations should begin as soon as possible to call for the removal of Alpha Condé from office.

Lamarana Petty Diallo