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A video has emerged on social media in Guinea appearing to show a minister inciting violence a week after another member of the government warned anyone doing so would face justice – and at the International Criminal Court if needs be.
The video footage appears to Sports Minister Gbantama Sow addressing a gathering people in the northern town of Marella, a stronghold of the governing RPG party, and urging them to take revenge on their rivals.
Tensions are simmering in Guinea after local elections two weeks ago were followed by violent clashes which left seven dead, five of them children.
Guinea’s minister for national unity, Gassama Diaby, has been quoted by local media as saying the sports minister’s behaviour is “unacceptable… especially from a representative of the state”.
Mr Diaby added Mr Sow’s name would be put on a list of people preaching hatred and violence and he would face justice.
