Demonstrators clash with police during pro-democracy protest in Guinea
11 May 2023 |
1:10 pm
Protesters clashed with police throughout Guinea on Wednesday, as the first of several days of planned pro-democracy protests devolved into a hail of thrown stones and clouds of tear gas in cities across the country.
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