Guinea on the brink of tragedy The only thing I think of that is gay related about this was that I'm a somewhat regular poster and I serve as a Peace Corps volunteer there for years. I'm posting this because I thought that we should not allow another tragedy in the world to unfold without us being aware of it. For those who don't know, Guinea is a small country in West Africa. When I left in June 2006 to the sounds of gunfire in the streets due to a general strike. The govt. was able to hold off the imploding of the country by promising a wage hike. However, promises were not kept and 8 months later, another strike happened but was ceased on the promise of naming a new Prime Minister. However with the nomination of the new PM, the people were angry that Conte (the president) named his closed ally friend. People took to the streets again to demand he steps down. And now Conte had just declared martial law where all rights and liberties of the citizens are suspended. Many have already been killed in the general strike in January and since the declaration that the country is under siege. Peace Corps has been evacuated weeks ago and volunteers are all safe in Mali, a neighboring country. The U.S. Embassy yesterday evacuated all its non-essential personnel. All other humanitarian agencies are evacuating the country, but as all commercial flights in or out of the country have been suspended, many are still stuck in the capital. I hope you keep the Guineans in your thoughts and prayers if you're religious or spiritual. Here are some of the websites to keep updated about the situation. ( ) www.reuters.com ( )

Thanks for posting that. It must be difficult watching a country and a people you love going through that.

second that. Thanks for posting it.

anytime there's a link on 35969 of a video of conakry, Guinea.

yeah, i'm really concern for my friends over there. I still haven't heard from any of them. I have received phone s during the temporary ceased of the strike at the end of January, but the s haven't been able to get through. I took that as a sign that since someone ed, they must be ok. However, since the country had declared martial law, I have no idea what's going on. I just pray that my friends especially my former students are not involved in any of the protests.

another good site to check out is BBC

Thanks for making this more visable I have some friends there, a journalist and a photographer. I hope they are alright as they have not been in contact for a couple of weeks. They did say that it has been difficult to make contact and it might be awhile before they try to email or . I hope your friends are well also.

I am not sure where they might be now They left here in september and had regular contact until the beginning of Jan. and have only contacted of their Moms once since Jan 12 th. They are having a hell of a time with it. Needless to say we are all hoping they are trying to come home. Knowing them They are trying to stay and cover it all. Dedicated and foolish. I hope it gets resolved quickly too!

Dedicated but definitely foolish.. In some way, I'm so glad I didn't do a xrd year, but then again.. if i had, I would be in Bamako, Malie by now. Safe either way. I hope your friends get some sense in them to just get the hell out of there.

thanks.. i just might do that it'll probably be disregarded, but at least I'm trying to get the word out. The govt does know that there is currently a situation with them trying to get American citizens out. But there's no U.S. interest in it besides perhaps bauxite (the raw ore that makes aluminium) and Guinea is the world's leading exporter of bauxite. No really even know where Guinea is. I'm just afraid it's going to become like it's neighboring countries like Sierra Leonne and Liberia of past years.

I'm still naive enough to write maybe to the UN.

I checked out the links earlier heartbreaking, djenabe. It never ceases to make me sad what humankind is capable of doing to another. Thanks for putting this up here.

yeah, i was afraid the topic might be a bit "off" for this forum. But I'm glad it didn't.

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