{"id":463937,"date":"2011-07-19T10:44:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T10:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/condes-residence-hit-by-rocket-fire\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T10:44:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T10:44:32","slug":"condes-residence-hit-by-rocket-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/condes-residence-hit-by-rocket-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Conde&#8217;s Residence Hit By Rocket Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.5931054803\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>19 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The residence of Guinea&#8217;s recently installed president Alpha Cond\u00e9 was hit by rocket fire overnight on Monday as a sustained heavy weapons&#8217; attack struck the capital Conakry overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The president is reported to be safe and sound.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told the French news agency that heavy gunfire had erupted around Cond\u00e9&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>residence in the city&#8217;s Kipe district at around 3:00 am, lasting for more than two hours.<\/p>\n<p>There has been tension in the coup-wracked country over the last seven months after Cond\u00e9 took office following his victory over rival Cellou Dalein Diallo in the country&#8217;s first democratic election since independence from France in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Cond\u00e9 needs to turn around a nation plagued by half a century of political and ethnic killings under dictatorships and military juntas that have manipulated strong ethnic divisions to strengthen their hold on power.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea has a long history of coups and attempted coups, the last coming in December 2008 when a young army officer, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, seized power after the death of Lansana Cont\u00e9, who had been in power 24 years.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2009, security forces massacred over 150 people at a protest rally against the military junta&#8217;s attempts to cling to power during which women were publicly raped. A few months later Camara was shot in the head by a close aide and overthrown.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 30 ethnic groups in the country and divisions among them are seen as a major stumbling block to national reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110719-condes-residence-hit-rocket-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107190453.html\" title=\"Conde's Residence Hit By Rocket Fire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conde&#8217;s Residence Hit By Rocket Fire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 19 July 2011 The residence of Guinea&#8217;s recently installed president Alpha Cond\u00e9 was hit by rocket fire overnight on Monday as a sustained heavy weapons&#8217; attack struck the capital Conakry overnight. 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