One person was killed in Guinea's capital late on Wednesday during protests over fuel price hikes, an opposition coalition and a member of the victim's family said, in the most serious unrest since a military junta took power last year.
Gunfire rang out in Conakry overnight as young people barricaded streets and set tyres alight in protest over a 20% increase in the price of gasoline, a Reuters reporter and witnesses said.
"Angry young people went out to protest and clash with security forces," said Souleymane Bah, a resident of Conakry's Koloma neighbourhood. "We heard several gunshots. There was also teargas."
