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As the world watches the events unfold in Guinea, from 60-168 civilian deaths and unprecedented violence against women by men in military uniform to an assassination attempt on the leader of the military government, the BEFORE Project reaffirms its commitment to working for peace and preventing large-scale systemic country-wide violence.
In May 2009 BEFORE and [...]
Over the past several days the CEO of BEFORE, Heinz Krummenacher, and staff in Guinea-Conakry met with the newly appointed Prime Minister of Guinea, Jean-Marie Doré, his staff and United Nations representatives to discuss the implementation of the Ouagadougou agreement signed last month. One of the points in the Ouagadougou agreement called for Defense [...]
read moreOver the weekend Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for the Democracy and the Development (CNDD) and President of the Republic of Guinea, General Sékouba Konaté, Vice-President of the CNDD and Interim President of the Republic of Guinea, and His Excellence, Mr. Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso and ECOWAS-appointed mediator in [...]
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