At the start of 2007, President Lansana Conté faced a wave of protests which shook the power of the old general.
On January 10, 2007, the two central trade unions, the CNTG and the USTG, launched a general strike which was brutally suppressed. The following days, the demonstrators, who put forward occasional social and political demands, came to demand the resignation of President Lansana Conté, who was seriously ill.
The army is deployed and opens fire on demonstrators, more than fifty dead are counted at the end of January. Eugene Camara is appointed Prime Minister, which does not calm the ardor of the demonstrators. The power establishes the curfew and the state of siege on February 12, 2007.
On February 26, following mediation by ECOWAS, President Conté appointed Lansana Kouyaté, a career diplomat, as Prime Minister, an appointment which was welcomed by the streets as a victory over President Conté.
In a report published on May 2 by the Ministry of Interior and Security, these events left 137 dead and 1,667 injured between January 22 and February 26. The culprits have still not been judged despite the cries of heart of the victims.
