ICG warns on Guinea
Eric Witte June 24th, 2008
The International Crisis Group released a briefing today on the situation in Guinea (so far only available in French, but an English overview is available here). ICG warns that after firing Prime Minister Lansana Kouyaté last month, President Lansana Conté is poised to restore his full dictatorship. The briefing calls on the international community to increase pressure on Conté and new Prime Minister Tidiane Souré, pressing them to proceed with holding credible legislative elections in December, and follow through on promises to hold accountable those responsible for the violence in January-February 2007 that claimed around 200 lives. Without significant moves to reform and stabilize the state, ICG warns that the risk of a coup and attendant ethnic strife likely will increase.
Alas, the international community - notably the Economic Community of West African States, African Union, France, European Union, United States and Canada - remain inexplicably disengaged.
