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Guinea: Journalist Violently Assaulted By Member of Presidential Guard

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

Lansana Babara Camara, a reporter of "La Guinée Actuelle", a privately-owned newspaper, was violently assaulted on 24 August 2008 by a member of the Autonomous Presidential Security Battalion (BASP), the presidential guard of Guinean President Lansana Conté, in Kindia, a suburb of Conakry, the capital.

SIERRA LEONE: Building Peace

Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - Global Politics Online - IPS Tuesday, September 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Lansana Fofana FREETOWN, Sep 2 (IPS) - Sierra Leone has been a major recipient of foreign aid since the end of a devastating 11-year civil war in 2002. But government, donors and [...]

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Senator's Brief Seizure of Journalist's Equipment Sparks Debate

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008

... started recording a heated argument between the senate's temporary acting president, Lahai Lansana, and another River Gee County senator, Isaac Johnson.The argument began when Lansana instructed Johnson to take his seat and stop roaming the senate chamber, which angered the River Gee County senator.According to some of the journalists present, it was at this point that Senator Cherue...

Sierra Leone: Questioning the Use of Aid

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008

Sierra Leone: Building Peace (Johannesburg)Lansana FofanaFreetownSierra Leone has been a major recipient of foreign aid since the end of a devastating 11-year civil war in 2002. But government, donors and citizens are all questioning how effectively this aid is being used.The West African country, battered by years of civil strife and a plummeting economy, relies heavily on bilateral and multilateral...