” “Nairobi) Eyes bright with tears as he listens on the radio to the latest news from his country, Guinea Conakry: “The army has killed another three people during a peaceful demonstration, some of them were children. They have already killed 40 people across the country in a short while, because the government gave order to shoot”. Mamadou Saliou Camara is the director of Foguired, the fund for the re-conversion of debt in Guinea Conakry, set up to run development projects after the Ecclesial Campaign of 2000. In these days he is at the World Social Forum in Nairobi along with the delegation of the Italian Caritas. To leave his country a few days ago, he tells to SIR, because of the serious social crisis and the state of insecurity, he had to drive for 2000 km, as far as the border with Mali, then take a flight in Bamako. “With what is happening over there, I don’t know how he will manage and if he will ever be able to go back”, he says, worried. The population of Guinea, because of the extreme poverty (90 per cent live with less than one dollar a day, and inflation has increased by +62 per cent), has gone on strike several times to ask for the removal of the old president who has been in power since 1984 with a military type of government. (to be continued)” ” ” “
