General strike in Guinea: Amadou Oury Bah appointed Prime Minister to resolve the crisis. The country's thirteen central trade unions have been on strike since Monday in order to obtain a reduction in the prices of basic foodstuffs.
Sporadic clashes in the suburbs of Conakry left two people dead on Monday. Sekou Jamal Pendessa, secretary general of the Union of Press Professionals of Guinea (SPPG), was sentenced Friday to six months in prison. The group of lawyers defending him indicated on Monday that with rare speed, the appeal trial had been heard on Wednesday.