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February 29, 2024

Guinean Trade Unions Suspend Strike After Labor Leader Released from Detention
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In Guinea, trade unions have suspended their nationwide strike after
union leader Sékou Jamal Pendessa was released from prison Wednesday.
The strike had gripped the West African nation since it started earlier
this week. Two young protesters were killed Monday after clashes with
police. The labor-led protests came after Guinea's military, which
overthrew President Alpha Condé in a 2021 coup, unexpectedly dissolved
the transitional government that had been in place since 2022. Unions
accuse leaders of cracking down on dissent and censoring the media.

Abdoulaye Cissé: "Alpha Condé had problems with the press. But what
junta leader Mamady Doumbouya has done today is worse, because Doumbouya
even went as far as to cut off the internet in Guinea for more than a
month. Alpha Condé never did that."



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