{"id":36786,"date":"2020-10-27T11:49:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36786"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:50:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:50:02","slug":"21-opposition-protesters-feared-dead-in-guinea-post-election-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36786","title":{"rendered":"21 opposition protesters feared dead in Guinea post-election violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Police-firing-tear-gas-at-protesters-in-Conakry-Guinea.jpg\" alt=\"GUINEA: 90 people killed in crackdown over protests against President Conde\u2019s third term bid \u2013Opposition group\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No fewer than 21 opposition protesters have been feared killed in the West African country of Guinea during post-election violence days after President Alpha Cond\u00e9 emerged the winner of last Sunday\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports say clashes between opposition supporters and security forces continued on Monday with the victims thought to have died in the unrest that has followed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/guinea-conde-coasting-home-to-victory-as-heavy-gunfire-rocks-conakry\/\">Guinea\u2019s disputed election<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition, which has declared itself the victor, says Mr Conde broke the law when he changed the constitution in March to allow him to run again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations and the African Union have sent mediators to Guinea to try to negotiate a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world\/africa\">Reports<\/a>&nbsp;say gunfire erupted in Conakry, on Friday as provisional election results showed President Cond\u00e9, 82, won a controversial third term with opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo alleging large-scale fraud and declared himself winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has also cut off internet and phone services with residents reportedly holed up in their homes as the police are using live ammunition instead of tear gas against protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No fewer than 21 opposition protesters have been feared killed in the West African country of Guinea during post-election violence days after President Alpha Cond\u00e9 emerged the winner of last Sunday\u2019s presidential election. Reports say clashes between opposition supporters and security forces continued on Monday with the victims thought to have died in the unrest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>21 opposition protesters feared dead in Guinea post-election violence &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36786\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36786#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=11\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"21 opposition protesters feared dead in Guinea post-election violence\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"21 opposition protesters feared dead in Guinea post-election violence &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36786","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36786#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World News","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=11"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"21 opposition protesters feared dead in Guinea post-election violence"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=11\" rel=\"category\">World News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"No fewer than 21 opposition protesters have been feared killed in the West African country of Guinea during post-election violence days after President Alpha Cond\u00e9 emerged the winner of last Sunday\u2019s presidential election. Reports say clashes between opposition supporters and security forces continued on Monday with the victims thought to have died in the unrest&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36786"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}