A collapsing economy that is especially dangerous for children has ignited a massive strike in Conakry, the capital of Guinea.
Demanding higher wages and lower prices for fuel and rice, unions have organized widespread demonstrations. Many students, frustrated by the interruption of their year-end final exams, have joined the street protests. According to media reports, at least 18 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
UNICEF Representative in Guinea Marcel Rudasingwa says poverty is the underlying cause of the strike, now in its seventh day.
“We can summarize the root cause of all the social problems in Guinea to high levels of poverty,” said Mr. Rudasingwa. “Poverty affects not only households in general, but children in particular. Today, about 63 per cent of Guinea’s people are living under the poverty line, and that classifies Guinea as one of the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.”
Souce: http:// unicef.org/infobycountry/guinea_34543.html
Demanding higher wages and lower prices for fuel and rice, unions have organized widespread demonstrations. Many students, frustrated by the interruption of their year-end final exams, have joined the street protests. According to media reports, at least 18 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
UNICEF Representative in Guinea Marcel Rudasingwa says poverty is the underlying cause of the strike, now in its seventh day.
“We can summarize the root cause of all the social problems in Guinea to high levels of poverty,” said Mr. Rudasingwa. “Poverty affects not only households in general, but children in particular. Today, about 63 per cent of Guinea’s people are living under the poverty line, and that classifies Guinea as one of the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.”
Souce: http:// unicef.org/infobycountry/guinea_34543.html
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