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Government troops, including members of the presidential guard, fanned out in major towns throughout Guinea on Feb. 13 to enforce a curfew and establish law and order a day after President Lansana Conte declared a nationwide state of emergency. The move occurred soon after union protesters, who had demanded that both the prime minister and president step down, announced their intention to resume nationwide strikes aimed at bringing down the Conte regime. The government's quick response signals that it has ended negotiations with the country's unions and will fight to ensure its survival.
Two of the country's main unions, the National Confederation of Guinean Workers and the Guinean Workers Union, had carried out an 18-day strike that began Jan. 10, during which they demanded political and economic reforms. The strikes disrupted the operations of international mining companies in Guinea, particularly Alcoa and Alcan.
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