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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hospital in Morocco, Camara is unlikely to return to run the country anytime soon. Though his departure won't be mourned, it is probable that worse lies ahead for Guinea, a country of 10 million plagued by extreme poverty, corruption and dire governance. (See pictures of Guinea-Bissau: world's first narco-state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Leader Is Shot, and Guinea Again Faces Chaos | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Sudan and Cambodia. In exchange for the natural resources needed to feed China's economic engine, Beijing began an assiduous campaign to win foreign hearts and minds by financing stadiums, hospitals and lavish government offices. The Foreign Ministry in East Timor was built courtesy of the Chinese, while Guinea-Bissau's marble-accented parliament building was a gift from Beijing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of China Inc. | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...struck back with brutal force. According to witnesses and human rights groups, the army first locked the protesters in behind metal doors hastily electrified with lethal current, then opened fire. The wounded were finished off with bayonets. Scores of women were raped in broad daylight. (See pictures of Guinea-Bissau: World's First Narco-State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Guinea, Hopelessness After the Massacre | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...bauxite and iron mining concessions. (Guinea has some of the world's largest bauxite deposits.) Idrissa Cherif, Camara's spokesman, says the first batch of Chinese money has now arrived and will be spent on "electricity, water, roads and the like." (See life on the Streets of Guinea-Bissau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Guinea, Hopelessness After the Massacre | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...International Committee of the Red Cross, tells TIME. According to New York-based Human Rights Watch, bodies were also found with knife and bayonet wounds and witnesses saw women being stripped naked in the streets and sexually assaulted by security forces. (See pictures of drug battles in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Violent Crackdown Shatters Democracy Hopes in Guinea | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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