29 minors detained in Guinea following protests
Dozens of people were arrested after defying a protest ban on Thursday and Friday, demonstrating against Guinea's junta and its handling of plans to return to democracy.
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Dozens of people were arrested after defying a protest ban on Thursday and Friday, demonstrating against Guinea's 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 Guinea's 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