POLICE FIRED WARNING SHOTS AND TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE STUDENTS PROTESTING AT THE SUSPENSION OF EXAMS IN THE GUINEAN CAPITAL ON MONDAY, AS VANDALS ATTACKED BUSINESSES DEFYING A GENERAL STRIKE IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION, REUTERS REPORTED. STUDENTS RAMPAGED THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CONAKRY SUBURB OF MATOTO, AN OPPOSITION STRONGHOLD, DESPITE POLICE EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THEM, WITNESSES SAID. "THERE IS SHOOTING EVERYWHERE. THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE STREETS AND THEY ARE IN REVOLT," LOCAL RESIDENT IBRAHIMA SORY TRAORE SAID. THE DISTURBANCES CAME A DAY AFTER STUDENT RIOTING IN THE WESTERN TOWN OF KINDIA, AMID ANGER ON CAMPUSES OVER THE SUSPENSION OF THE EXAMS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY DUE TO A GENERAL STRIKE OVER RISING PRICES. THE STRIKE, WHICH BEGAN ON THURSDAY, WAS THE LATEST ACTION BY UNIONS LEADING OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT LANSANA CONTE'S DISASTROUS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT IN MINERAL-RICH GUINEA.
