(Security): More than 2 Killed in Guinea Anti-Junta Protests on eve of Coup Anniversary

More than two people were killed in Guinea's capital Conakry when armed security forces attacked the neighborhoods of political activists on the eve of planned demonstrations against the junta that seized power in 2021, protest organisers said on Tuesday.

A collective of opposition parties and organizations said in a statement that two young men aged 16 and 18 had been killed during an operation by security forces in the capital's suburbs on Monday, the eve of the 2nd anniversary of the September 5, 2021 putsch. No comment was obtained from the authorities.

The "Forces Vives" collective had called for a "peaceful" march on Tuesday to demand a swift return to civilian rule. But the authorities banned all public gatherings.

The Ministry of Territorial Administration issued a press release on Monday evening recalling "the formal ban on support movements and demonstrations on public thoroughfares" decreed in May 2022. It cited the need to "preserve public tranquility".

As has been the case every time the authorities have prevented demonstrations since 2022, scattered mobile groups of young people set up barricades, burned tires, and pelted security forces with stones. The latter retaliated with riot gear in the neighborhoods of Sonfonia, Wanindara and Hamdallaye, traditional hotbeds of protest.

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