- Guinea court has charged Moussa Conte, a second son of the late President Lansana Conte with drug trafficking.
Mr Conte and his three alleged associates have denied importing machines for the manufacture of narcotics, saying they were for processing bio-fuels.
In February this year, Guinea’s military junta arrested the son of the late President Lansana Conte, Ousmane Conte for alleged drug trafficking.
The head of the military junta in Guinea, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has promised to root out drug trafficking in the West Africa State.
Drugs have become a general security issue in West Africa with narco-dollars altering already weak economies of the region and also threatening democratic institutions according to the United Nation.
United Nations estimates that at least 50 tonnes of cocaine are shipped through West African region every year.
The Guinean junta is under pressure after some 157 protesters were killed recently. The junta opened fire at opposition protesters on 28 September at a national stadium in the capital Conakry.
Guinea, like rest of the West African states, is known to be a transit point for smuggling drugs from Latin America to markets in Europe.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
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