Guinea Protest

One man was killed and several buildings torched in violence at a university in Papua New Guinea, its vice-chancellor said today, some two weeks after police opened fire on students in the capital.

Police in Papua New Guinea fired gunshots on Wednesday to quell a student protest demanding the prime minister's resignation, the government said. It reported several injuries but denied reports that as many as four people were killed.

Violent protests against Ebola controls in a north Guinea town have prompted the Red Cross to withdraw workers, undermining efforts to stop the spread of Ebola into neighbouring Guinea Bissau.

At least four people were injured on Thursday in clashes between protesters, security forces and government supporters that threaten to derail a planned meeting between Guinea's president and leader of the opposition.

The head of Guinea's political opposition will meet with President Alpha Conde in an effort to ease tensions following weeks of violent clashes between protesters and security forces, an opposition spokesman said on Tuesday.

Several protesters were wounded by gunfire on Monday as Guinean police battled to control violent demonstrations in the capital Conakry against the regime of President Alpha Conde.

A protest involving hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, some of whom had sewn their lips shut in protest, has ended without serious violence, authorities in both countries said today.

Dozens of youths in the Guinean capital Conakry staged an angry protest against a new Ebola treatment centre on Thursday, halting the launch of the construction project, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.

One man was killed and several buildings torched in violence at a university in Papua New Guinea, its vice-chancellor said today, some two weeks after police opened fire on students in the capital.

Police in Papua New Guinea fired gunshots on Wednesday to quell a student protest demanding the prime minister's resignation, the government said. It reported several injuries but denied reports that as many as four people were killed.

Violent protests against Ebola controls in a north Guinea town have prompted the Red Cross to withdraw workers, undermining efforts to stop the spread of Ebola into neighbouring Guinea Bissau.

At least four people were injured on Thursday in clashes between protesters, security forces and government supporters that threaten to derail a planned meeting between Guinea's president and leader of the opposition.

The head of Guinea's political opposition will meet with President Alpha Conde in an effort to ease tensions following weeks of violent clashes between protesters and security forces, an opposition spokesman said on Tuesday.

Several protesters were wounded by gunfire on Monday as Guinean police battled to control violent demonstrations in the capital Conakry against the regime of President Alpha Conde.

A protest involving hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, some of whom had sewn their lips shut in protest, has ended without serious violence, authorities in both countries said today.

Dozens of youths in the Guinean capital Conakry staged an angry protest against a new Ebola treatment centre on Thursday, halting the launch of the construction project, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.