Security forces in Guinea have arrested a reggae artist apparently for threatening to stage a protest.
Authorities have not given an official reason for Elie Kamano’s arrest, but his wife suspects he was arrested for calling a “peaceful protest” at the weekend to pressure the government into resuming teaching at schools across the country.
Teachers have been on strike for months in Guinea. As a result, classrooms have remained closed.
Despite the arrest, students on Monday took to the streets in the capital, Conakry, to vent their anger at the failure to end the strike.
The city has been paralysed by the protest, says BBC Afrique’s Makeme Bamba in Conakry.
Source: Ghanastar.com