Editing Conakry (section)

=== Infrastructure crisis ===
Periodic power and water cuts have been a daily burden for Conakry's residents since early 2002. Government and power company officials blame the drought of February 2001 for a failure of the hydro-electric supply to the capital, and a failure of aging machinery for the continuation of the crisis. Critics of the government cite mismanagement, corruption and the withdrawal of the power agency's French partner at the beginning of 2002. {{As of|2007}}, much of the city has no traffic lighting in the overnight hours.<ref name="BBC" />

Popular anger at shortages in Conakry was entwined with anti-government protests, strikes, and violence against the rule of President [[Lansana Conté]] and the successive prime ministers [[Cellou Dalein Diallo]] and [[Eugène Camara]] appointed to fill the post after the resignation of Prime Minister [[François Lonseny Fall]] in April 2004. Violence reached a peak in [[2007 Guinean general strike|January–February 2007 in a general strike]], which saw over one hundred deaths when the Army confronted protesters.<ref name="relations">''For the relations between the 2007 crisis and infrastructure in Conakry, see:''
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6357581.stm Q&A: Guinea emergency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307042602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6357581.stm |date=7 March 2008 }}, BBC World Service. 13 February 2007.
* [http://www.zibb.com/article/2088978/Youths+Chase+Staff+From+State+Electricity+Offices+Protesting+Power+Cuts Youths Chase Staff From State Electricity Offices, Protesting Power Cuts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711155441/http://www.zibb.com/article/2088978/Youths%2BChase%2BStaff%2BFrom%2BState%2BElectricity%2BOffices%2BProtesting%2BPower%2BCuts |date=11 July 2019 }}, 25 October 2007 (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX).
* [http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=17&ReportId=62734 IRIN In-Depth, Guinea: Living on the edge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503164352/http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=17&ReportId=62734 |date=3 May 2007 }}.  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, January 2005.
* [http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=57938 GUINEA: Power cuts stop for football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112195214/http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=57938 |date=12 January 2009 }}, 26 January 2006 (IRIN)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2714291.stm Guinea protests over power-cuts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228194155/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2714291.stm |date=28 December 2008 }}, Alhassan Sillah: BBC, Conakry, 31 January 2003
* [http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=conflict_search&l=1&t=1&c_country=44 Conflict history: Guinea] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070715112632/http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=conflict_search&l=1&t=1&c_country=44 |date=15 July 2007 }}. International Crisis Group, updated 11 May 2007.</ref>