Guinea: Emergency fund needed as more violence looms

Union leaders in Guinea are threatening to call another nationwide strike starting next Monday (February 12), but emergency relief agencies say the country is ill-prepared for a round of violence similar to one last month. "Guinea is heading for another strike because nothing has been done by President [Lansana] Conte toward naming a new prime minister," Ibrahima Fofana, head of the Guinean Workers Union (USTG), told IRIN on Tuesday. "Our patience has limits."