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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
A rally staged to protest against the disputed local elections in Guinea led to police firing tear gas at the youths protesting at the rally. After attempting to block traffic in Conakry’s Cosa district, several hundred protesters lobbed stones at police who responded with tear gas, according to an AFP report.
Local authorities had banned the rally but opposition leaders urged their supporters to move forward with the rally despite the ban.
“Any gathering that provokes a march or attempts to block traffic will be repressed,” riot police chief General Ansoumane Camara told reporters prior to the incident.
“We are here to apply the law.”
The opposition claims that the current government under President Alpha Conde reneged on a deal to install the officials elected in the February vote.
“We do not need to respect what the local mayor says, because we have the impression we are in a lawless country,” said Fode Oussou Fofana, vice-president of the opposition UFDG party.
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