SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
Guinea’s plight lays bare the greed of foreign mining companies in the Sahel
There is a crucial element to the struggle between those who want an immediate return democracy and the military junta led by Mamady Doumbouya: rights to the largest bauxite reserves in the world, explains VIJAY PRASHAD
A still from a video by Human Rights Watch about bauxite mining in the Boke region in north-west Guinea
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CHRISTOPHE IMMER of the Morning Star’s German sister paper Junge Welt reports on a Berlin conference on the politics of art and the legacy of Marxist critic Hans Hess
ON October 20 in Guinea, a protest organised by the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution took place. The protesters demanded the ruling military government, the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development (CNRD), release political detainees and sought to establish a framework for a return to civilian rule.
They were met with violence from the security forces, and in Guinea’s capital Conakry at least five people were injured and three died from gunshot wounds. The main violence was in Ratoma, one of the poorest areas in the city.
In September 2021, the CNRD, led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, overthrew the government of Alpha Conde, which had been in power for more than a decade and was steeped in corruption.
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