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Dozens of people were arrested after defying a protest ban on Thursday and Friday, demonstrating against Guineas junta and its handling of plans to return to democracy.

Two leaders of a collective that organised demonstrations that left five people dead, according to the justice minister, were charged and imprisoned after appearing on Monday before an examining magistrate at a court in the suburbs of Conakry.

Fofana served as prime minister under ex-president Alpha Conde from May 2018 until September 2021.

A member of Guineas security forces has been jailed for murder in the investigation into the death of a youth shot dead on the sidelines of a fuel price protest in Conakry on June 1.

A 19-year-old man was killed by a bullet during the June 1 protest

Conakry, Guinea - A Guinean public prosecutor on Monday ordered a list of all police officers present when a young man was killed during demonstrations

Guinea said Wednesday it would prosecute former president Alpha Conde, who was toppled in a military coup last September, for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office.

Aplha Conde is among 27 former senior officials who face prosecution for murder, assassination and complicity, according to a document given to journalists by prosecutor Alphonse Charles Wright.

The coup in Guinea has strained the country’s relations with its neighbors in the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, which has increasingly declined to recognize military takeovers in recent years.

Guinea said Wednesday it would prosecute former president Alpha Condé, who was toppled in a military coup last September, for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office.