Coup declared in Guinea after dictator's death
By Associated Press Writers Abou Bakr And Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writers – 40 mins ago
CONAKRY, Guinea – A military group seized control of the airwaves in mineral-rich Guinea and declared a coup Tuesday after the death of the West African country's dictator, one of the continent's last strongmen.
The turmoil raises the prospect of violence flaring in a region where neighbors Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Liberia all have been devastated by years of war.
