Guinea: start of indefinite general strike widely followed in Conakry, two young people killed. Two young people were shot and killed on February 26, 2024 during the first day of a widely followed general strike in Guinea.
Clashes between young people and the police left at least two dead and more than a dozen injured. Never has a strike movement been so sustained in recent years in Guinea : schools, banks and businesses closed, administration paralyzed, minimum services in hospitals and service stations.