CONAKRY (Reuters) – France led international pressure on Guinea's military rulers by cutting military cooperation on Tuesday after a crackdown by the security forces on its opponents killed 157, according to a local rights group.
Condemnation of Guinea's junta intensified.
France joined the African Union in mulling sanctions and West Africa's ECOWAS called for an international enquiry into the bloody quashing of a demonstration by tens of thousands of protesters urging military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara to step down.
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Guinean police make an arrest in front of the stadium in the capital Conakry during the protest banned by the ruling junta. At least 150 people were said to have died and hundreds of women raped
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