Steinmetz is a Jew on the make. He buys from De Beers who are also Jews on the make. His vehicle is the Steinmetz Diamond Group. Benny Steinmetz Group seems to be a synonym.
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The basics, if not more.
Benny is the one on the right.
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Benny Steinmetz is an international businessman and investor involved in Natural Resources, Engineering, Real Estate, Diamonds and Capital Markets through BSG Investments.
Contents at a Glance
About BSG
Diamonds:
Ruben Steinmetz, Benny's father, founded the Steinmetz Diamond Group (SDG) in 1940. Benny, currently the Chairman, joined the company in 1978 and established the Group's international activities (offices in Geneva, Antwerp, Tel-Aviv, New York, Chicago, Johannesburg, Bombay and Namibia).
SDG is a leading customer of the Diamond Trading Company (De Beers) and is a world leader in rough and large polished diamonds with an annual turnover exceeding USD 1.5 Billion.
The Group is recognized for many of today's world famous diamonds and is constantly expanding its activities both geographically and also within the spectrum of products to its customers (from the mine to the consumer).
Natural Resources:
BSGR, the Resources arm of the BSG, has been involved over the past 10 years in various investments in the natural resources arena around the world, and more specifically in Africa. BSGR owns and operates a Ferro-Nickel mines and plants in the Balkans (being the biggest Nickel producer in Europe); a world-class iron ore deposit in Guinea; a steel mill in Azerbaijan; a diamond mine in Sierra Leone; and a copper-cobalt mines and smelting facilities in Zambia and in the DRC, which makes BSGR a major player in the Sub-African Copper belt.
BSGR holds numerous other investments in listed mining companies.
Through BSGE, the group has been active in the energy sector both in the up-stream and the down-stream projects. Amongst, the group is currently involved in a phosphate project in Saudi-Arabia; in a petrochemical complex in Russia; oil & gas exploration permits in the Komi Republic, FSU; and few oil & gas permits onshore the Niger Delta.
Engineering:
The Group is the major shareholder of two engineering companies: Bateman Engineering N.V.: was established in 1919 and is a leading engineering - contracting company specializing in minerals & metals processing, environmental treatment systems and bulk materials handling. Bateman Engineering N.V. is listed on AIM of London Stock Exchange [BATE].
Bateman Litwin N.V.: Split in 2004 from Bateman Engineering. Bateman Litwin N.V. is a contracting group of companies provides total solutions to the oil, gas, power and chemical industries through a unique variety of services. Provider of lump-sum turn-key projects, including finance facilities and provision of technology, the group has operating centers in Europe, CIS, Middle East and the USA.
Real Estate:
The Real-Estate activity of BSG is managed through Five Mounts Properties (FMP). In the last 15 years, the Group has acquired significant interests in high-yielding real-estate properties mainly in North America and in Western Europe.
Amongst the investments are the acquisition of 7 properties from Telecom Italia; the acquisition of GA jointly with Deutsche Bank; participation in the consortium that acquired Haslemere; Participation in the MBO of Chelsfield and others.
In the mid 90's, the group participated in the acquisition (in the second round) of the Canary Wharf, with the Reichman family, Loewe Corp and HSBC Republic and exited through IPO in the year 2000.
In addition, the Group has been active in development projects in Central and Eastern Europe in the past 10 years. The Group has been developing approx. 15,000 residential units in various projects in this region.
Finance and Asset Management
- BSG is active in propriety trading and portfolio management, to include money management, bonds, stocks and alternatives investments
- Active portfolio management in emerging markets including Russia. Mr. Steinmetz was a founder of the Hermitage Fund (jointly with HSBC Republic), a leading investor in Russian equitiesResources
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A diversified natural resource company active since 1998 with a global presence, mainly active in Africa and CIS. Focused in the fields of mining, energy, and engineering services. In partnership with several leading global mining and natural resource companies.
BSG Investments (BSG) is a privately owned holding company. BSG has a large global footprint, with diverse business interests in: Natural Resources, Real Estate, Capital Markets and Diamonds.
BSG Capital Markets is incorporated and has offices in Guernsey. It is involved in proprietary trading, asset management and other investment activities. BSG Capital Markets has a joint venture with Da Vinci Capital Management.
Five Mounts Properties (FMP) is a fully owned subsidiary of BSG.
FMP's business model involves:
Acquiring prime high-yielding real estate and special situation investments, Commercial, business and residential development projects of all sizes and complexity.Steinmetz, 'creators of the world finest diamonds' with seven decades of expertise and heritage, has diversified interests in the diamond industry. The Group provides rough and polished diamonds to customers around the world and has manufacturing facilities in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and New York.
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De Beers, Sotheby's Battle Tiffany in Diamond Jewelry (Update2 ...
By Sara Gay Forden - December 30,
2005 10:11 EST
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Atsuko Tamura says she hopes her husband splurges on a 1.3 million yen ($11,000) De Beers flower- shaped Cocktail Fizz diamond ring for their 15th wedding anniversary. She already has a Tiffany & Co. necklace.
``The diamonds are just sprinkled all over,'' Tamura, 40, says as she steps out of the De Beers shop in Ginza, one of Tokyo's busiest and most glamorous shopping neighborhoods. ``De Beers is the most genuine of all.''
Competition is intensifying in the $70 billion diamond jewelry market as rising wealth in Asia increases demand for higher-priced pieces. De Beers, the world's largest supplier of diamonds, is winning customers from companies such as Tiffany and Cie. Financiere Richemont AG's Cartier four years after creating a retail venture with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA. Sotheby's Holdings Inc. began selling a line of gems this month.
``Size is an advantage in this business, as is brand recognition,'' says Scilla Huang Sun, who manages a $100 million luxury goods fund, including shares of Tiffany, Richemont, LVMH and Rome-based Bulgari SpA, for Clariden Bank in Zurich.
The shares of Tiffany have fallen 11 percent to $38.65 since the U.S. Christmas shopping season began Nov. 25. The company was founded in 1837 and opened its flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan about a century later. De Beers and LVMH this year opened a Fifth Avenue store two blocks away.
Year-End Engagements
Tiffany's stock has risen 21 percent this year, compared with a 33 percent gain for Paris-based LVMH and 51 percent for Geneva-based Richemont, which also owns jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels and watchmakers IWC, Piaget and Jaeger LeCoultre.
The shares of Anglo American Plc, which owns 45 percent of De Beers, have risen 61 percent to 1,979 pence in London. The Oppenheimer family owns 40 percent of Johannesburg-based De Beers, and the government of Botswana owns the rest.
About 25 percent of all diamond jewelry is sold during the year-end holiday season, says Sally Morrison, director of the Diamond Information Center, which is affiliated with De Beers.
Christmas Eve tops Valentine's Day as the most popular moment to pop the question, according to New York-based jeweler Jacob & Co., whose clients include Nascar racing champion Jeff Gordon. The average price of a diamond engagement ring reached a record $2,600 in the U.S. last year.
The global diamond jewelry market will probably expand 6 percent to 7 percent in 2006, in line with this year's growth, according to Richard Platt, director of Antwerp, Belgium-based PolishedPrices.com, which tracks diamond prices. Growth has slowed from 9 percent in 2004, mainly because of the stronger dollar, Platt says.
Planes, Boats, Diamonds
Demand will grow fastest in emerging markets such as China and India as more people achieve incomes that let them splurge on diamond jewelry, Platt says.
That trend will help companies such as De Beers and Tiffany because newly wealthy consumers often seek out well-known brands to show off their wealth, says Jacques-Franck Dossin, a London- based luxury-goods analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., who rates LVMH shares ``in-line'' and Richemont ``outperform.''
``There is a lot of cash out there, especially in emerging countries such as Russia and China,'' says Bernard Fornas, 58, chief executive officer of Cartier, the world's largest jeweler. ``When people have already bought their private plane, their boat and their country cottage, they go for high-ticket jewelry.''
The company, which reopened its flagship store on Paris's Rue de la Paix this month, had record sales of jewelry priced at more than $200,000 in the past year, Fornas says.
``Diamonds continue to be Tiffany's strongest category around the world,'' says Mark Aaron, Tiffany's vice president of investor relations. Jewelry with at least one diamond accounted for 43 percent of its sales last year.
`Bigger, Better Quality'
Tiffany CEO Michael Kowalski, 53, is trying to spur demand in Japan, the company's second-biggest market, by pushing gold- and-diamond jewelry that costs more than $2,000. Third-quarter sales in the country were unchanged after Tiffany failed to attract customers with lower-priced silver.
Sotheby's, the world's No. 2 auction house, is betting wealthy clients will buy jewelry from the Sotheby's Diamonds collection, a venture with Geneva-based Steinmetz Diamond Group. The line, which includes about 100 pieces starting at $100,000, marks the first time in Sotheby's 261-year history that the company has created its own products.
``Everybody is asking for bigger, better quality,'' says Eve Goldberg, vice president of New York-based William Goldberg Diamond Corp., a family-owned company that cuts, polishes and sells large diamonds. ``Two years ago, if we got a special stone we would offer it to two or three of our best clients. Now we have three or four people ready to write a check without even seeing the stone.''
For retailers such as LVMH and Sotheby's, ventures with diamond producers also secure access to gems in the increasingly competitive market.
Right-Hand Rings
Bulgari, the world's third-largest jeweler, in September introduced a collection of diamond jewelry through a venture with the Leviev Group, an Israeli company owned by billionaire diamond merchant Lev Leviev. Bulgari had been known for colored gems.
``We are able to offer a broad range of pieces at competitive prices because we have cut out part of the supply chain,'' says Bulgari CEO Francesco Trapani, 48.
Tiffany has gone against the grain. A year ago, the company sold its stake in Toronto-based miner Aber Diamond Corp. for $268 million, almost quadrupling its money in five years.
Men are still the biggest buyers of diamonds, though women are purchasing more for themselves.
In 2003, De Beers initiated an industry push to expand the market beyond wedding and engagement rings by marketing so-called right-hand rings. Sales of right-hand rings rose 15 percent last year, according to the Diamond Information Center in New York.
`Celebrity-Obsessed Culture'
``Diamonds are not just a once-in-a-lifetime investment anymore,'' says Andrea Ciccoli, a consultant for the fashion and luxury industries at Bain & Co. in Milan.
Diamond jewelry has broken out of the mold of being just for special occasions partly because people want to emulate entertainers and athletes who are wearing gems with everyday attire. Diamonds have become a staple of ``bling-bling,'' or flashy jewelry sported by black hip-hop artists.
``People like Puff Daddy, Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce aren't afraid to wear the symbols of their success,'' says Jean-Bernard Forot, jewelry marketing manager for Geneva-based Piaget. ``Thanks to them, diamonds have become fashionable and trendy. In Europe, wearing diamonds used to be seen as showing off.''
The venture between De Beers and LVMH, known as De Beers LV, has turned to celebrities to build its brand. It sponsored a charity dinner for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, or Amfar, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002, where model Iman wore the 203.04-carat De Beers Millennium Star, the world's largest flawless colorless diamond. Afterward, pictures of Iman alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Sharon Stone appeared in fashion magazines.
Actor Jamie Foxx wore a $50,000 diamond pave watch by Piaget in February, when he picked up the best actor Oscar for portraying Ray Charles, according to Piaget's Forot. On her latest tour, Madonna wore a $17,000 diamond pave ``Angel'' two- zone watch from Jacob & Co., according to the company. In a pave, the stones are set so closely together that no metal shows.
``We live in a celebrity-obsessed culture,'' the Diamond Information Center's Morrison says. ``Putting an important piece on a celebrity is like having a free billboard.''
To contact the reporter on this story: Sara Gay Forden in Milan at sforden@bloomberg.net
Lansana Conté - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - saved
Born in Moussayah Loumbaya (Dubréka), a member of the Susu people,[4] he estimated his birthdate to be 1934, although he never knew exactly.[5] Conté was educated at a local Quranic school and attended Dubréka primary school. He then went on to study at military preparatory schools in Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire and Saint Louis, Senegal.
In 1955, he enlisted in the French army and was posted to Algeria during the war of independence in 1957. After his service in the French Army, Conté returned to Guinea, which became independent from France on 2 October 1958, and was integrated into the new army with the rank of sergeant. In 1962, he attended the Camp Alpha officer's school in Conakry. Soon after, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion artillery-training center in Kindia. On 1 July 1963, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. This was followed two years later by another promotion from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant. On 22 November 1970, Portuguese military together with Guinean dissidents invaded the country from Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) in an apparent attempt to overthrow the government of President Ahmed Sékou Touré and destroy PAIGC guerillas. Conté participated in operations to defend the capital and government forces soon suppressed the invasion. For his service to the nation, he was promoted to the rank of Captain on 27 February 1971. In 1973, he was named commander of the Boké operational zone (in Northwestern Guinea) to assist the pro-independence guerrilla movement, African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in neighboring Portuguese Guinea. On 10 May 1975, he was named assistant Chief of Staff of the army.
In 1977, he was head of the Guinean delegation during negotiations that resolved a border dispute with Guinea-Bissau and was elected to the National Assembly in 1980. Later that year, he took part in the ruling Democratic Party of Guinea's (PDG) official pilgrimage to Mecca.
President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinea's head of state since independence, died on 26 March 1984. Prime Minister Louis Lansana Beavogui acted as interim president. On 3 April, Conté led a military coup that toppled the government.
He denounced the Touré regime's human rights abuses and released 250 political prisoners. He also encouraged the return of approximately 200,000 Guineans from exile.
The country's constitution was immediately suspended after the takeover, along with the National Assembly, and political activity was banned. A 25-member Military Committee for National Recovery (CMRN) was set up and led by Conté, who on 5 April was proclaimed President of the Republic.
On 4 July 1985, soldiers loyal to Conté, who was attending an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in Lomé, Togo, thwarted a coup d'état. Conté, a member of the Susu people (or Sousou), used the opportunity to eliminate rival soldiers from the Malinké ethnic group, including former Prime Minister Diarra Traoré.[6]
On 3 April 1990, Conté was promoted to the rank of Army General.
President Conté was also the Secretary General of the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, an Intergovernmental Organization based in Italy.
[citation needed]Conté's economic reforms, including currency devaluation and reduction of government spending met with approval of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and realignment with western nations encouraged foreign investments.
He initiated Guinea's transition to civilian, multiparty rule in the early 1990s. A new constitution was approved in a referendum held on 23 December 1990 and the CMRN was disbanded on 16 January 1991. It was replaced by the Transitional Committee for National Recovery (CTRN), a body composed of civilians and military officials. Political parties were legalized in 1992 in preparation for upcoming elections.
The first multi-party presidential election held since independence was conducted on 19 December 1993. Conté, candidate of the newly formed Party of Unity and Progress (PUP), won 51.7% of the vote; Alpha Condé of the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) was second with 19.6% of the vote.[7] The opposition alleged electoral fraud, especially after the Supreme Court discounted as invalid the results in two prefectures where Condé of the RPG had received a large majority of the vote.
Despite Conté's stated commitment to democracy, his regime remained authoritarian. However, he had far less power than Touré, and for the most part his rule was much milder.
Conté's government narrowly survived a 2 February 1996 coup attempt that stemmed from an army mutiny over payment of salaries. Several dozen civilians were killed and the presidential residence sustained significant damage.
In Guinea's second multi party presidential election, held on 14 December 1998, Conté won another five-year term with 56.1% of the vote.[7] The polls, although an improvement over the troubled 1993 election, were considered flawed by opposition parties and observers. A November 2001 referendum that lifted presidential term limits and would extend the term in office from five to seven years was supported by 98.4% of the voters.[7] The results, however, were rejected by opposition parties who claimed that the outcome was rigged.
He went on to win a third presidential election held on 21 December 2003 with 95.6% of the vote[7] after all but one of the opposing candidates boycotted the race, expressing their belief that Conté would never allow a fair election. Conté had been in declining health, suffering from diabetes and heart problems, and his ability to serve and survive another full term in office was doubted by many. He was sworn in on 19 January 2004, and in a television broadcast on this occasion, he vowed to fight corruption.[8]
On 19 January 2005, shots were reportedly fired at his motorcade on its way into Conakry in what was apparently a failed assassination attempt. One bodyguard was reportedly wounded. Conté, who was unharmed, went on state radio and television that night to say that he had survived because God had not yet decided it was his time to die. He also mentioned "threats from those who do not wish to see the development of Guinea or those who obey orders given to them from abroad" and vowed that he would "not be manipulated". On the next morning, he made a public appearance to pray.[9]
While on a visit to France with his family in 2005, Prime Minister François Lonseny Fall resigned and sought asylum. He complained of corruption and increasing interference from Conté. Fall's successor, Cellou Dalein Diallo, endured until April 2006. Conté failed to appoint a new prime minister until the end of January 2007.
In April 2006 he was flown to Morocco for medical treatment. Most people expected he would not return, but he did. Then in May 2006 riots in Conakry over the price of rice and fuel led to around twenty deaths as security forces savagely repressed the popular uprising. In August 2006 he was again flown to Switzerland for medical treatment. This time no crowds met him on his return to Guinea. Meanwhile Henriette Conté, the President's first wife, has been accused of flouting the rule of law and taking advantage of the President's physical and mental incapacity to abuse her power.
In August 2006 Human Rights Watch produced a 30-page report condemning human rights abuses in Guinea, highlighting the power vacuum resulting from the President's ongoing illness, and expressing concern about the future.
In an interview with journalists reported by Guinéenews in October 2006, Lansana Conté said that he intended to stay as President until 2010, which was the end of his seven-year term. Conté also said that he was looking for a replacement who "loves the country and will protect it against its enemies."[10]
In November 2006 Transparency International updated its annual corruption index. Guinea under Lansana Conté was then second equal as the most corrupt country in the world (pride of place for corruption going to Haiti). This is a matter of concern for foreign firms intending to invest in Guinea (for example to exploit its extensive bauxite reserves) as they are unable to operate in Guinea without paying huge bribes to highly placed government officials, but if caught doing so they may face legal action in their country of origin.
In January 2007, a general nationwide strike was held protesting Conté's continued leadership of the country. [1] The strike continued for over two weeks, during which hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in the streets. Within the first two weeks, savage repression by red-caps (Presidential guards) and other security forces left at least twenty protesters dead. By the end of the strike on 27 January, it was reported that at least 90 protesters had died in violent clashes with police[11] and at least 300 had been injured, according to a local human rights group.
The strike ended following an agreement between Conté and the labor unions, according to which a new Prime Minister would be appointed as head of government; Conté also agreed to lower rice and fuel prices.[12] On 9 February, Conté appointed Eugène Camara, who had been Minister of State for Presidential Affairs since January, as Prime Minister.[13][14] This was rejected by the opposition, and widespread violence broke out after the appointment.[15] The strike resumed on 12 February, and Conté declared martial law on the same day.[16][17] On 25 February Conté agreed to a deal to end the strike, and on 26 February he appointed a new Prime Minister, Lansana Kouyaté, from a list of individuals chosen by the unions and representatives of civil society; people returned to work on 27 February.[18] Kouyaté was sworn in on 1 March in a ceremony at which Conté was not present.[19]
In an interview with Agence France-Presse and TV5 on 14 June 2007, Conté asserted that he was still in charge of the country ("I'm the boss, others are my subordinates"), rejected the possibility of a transition, and said that his appointment of a prime minister was not due to pressure and that he was pleased with Kouyaté's performance.[20]
On 5 December 2007, a decree restructuring ministries increased the powers of the Secretary-General of the Presidency at the expense of those of the Prime Minister, and on 3 January 2008 Conté dismissed and replaced Justin Morel Junior, the Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman, without consulting Kouyaté. On 4 January, Kouyaté demanded that Morel be restored to his position, and labor unions announced plans to begin a new "unlimited general strike" on 10 January, demanding that Conté's agreement with the unions be properly implemented and that Morel be restored.[21] On 9 January, the unions withdrew their call for a strike.[22]
In a surprise move,[23] on 20 May 2008, Conté dismissed Kouyaté and replaced him with Ahmed Tidiane Souaré.[23][24][25][26][27] Kouyaté was widely considered a disappointment in his role as Prime Minister, and his unpopularity meant that his dismissal was not greeted with any major unrest of the kind that led to his appointment a year earlier.[27] Through this dismissal and the appointment of Souaré, who was considered close to Conté,[23][26][27] Conté was considered to have strengthened his position.
[27]In the early hours of December 23, 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died at 6:45pm local time on December 22 "after a long illness",[3] without specifying the cause of death.[28] According to Somparé, Conté "hid his physical suffering" for years "in order to give happiness to Guinea."[28] Conté had left the country for medical treatment on numerous occasions in the years preceding his death,[3] and speculation about his health had long been widespread. Contrary to his usual practice, Conté did not appear on television to mark Tabaski earlier in December 2008, and this sparked renewed speculation, as well as concern about the possibility of violence in the event of his death. At around the same time, a newspaper published a photograph suggesting that Conté was in poor physical condition and having difficulty standing up. The editor of that newspaper was arrested and the newspaper was required to print a photograph in which Conté looked healthy.[28]
According to the constitution, the President of the National Assembly was to assume the Presidency of the Republic in the event of a vacancy, and a new presidential election was to be held within 60 days.[3] Somparé requested that the President of the Supreme Court, Lamine Sidimé, declare a vacancy in the Presidency and apply the constitution.[3][29] Prime Minister Souaré and Diarra Camara, the head of the army, stood alongside Somparé during his announcement.[28][30] Declaring 40 days of national mourning for Conté,[31][32] Souaré urged "calm and restraint". He told the army to secure the borders and maintain calm within the country "in homage to the memory of the illustrious late leader".[32]
Six hours after Somparé announced Conté's death, a statement was read on television announcing a coup d'état.[33] This statement, read by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara[34] on behalf of a group called the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),[33] said that "the government and the institutions of the Republic have been dissolved". The statement also announced the suspension of the constitution "as well as political and union activity".[34]
Conté's funeral was held in Conakry on 26 December. His body was put on display in the parliament building before being taken to the national stadium, where over 20,000 people were in attendance. Leaders of neighboring countries were present for the funeral. General Mamadou Ba Toto of the CNDD said at the funeral that "we pray God to give us the courage to continue [Conté's] work of tolerance and peace for the welfare of Guinea". Afterwards, his body was buried the village of Lansanaya in front of his mansion.[35][36] It was taken out of its coffin and placed into the ground, then covered with handfuls of dirt tossed by mourners. The burial was marked by some disorder, as thousands of mourners tried to reach the grave and security forces formed a cordon around it.[37]
See also: 2008 Guinean coup d'état
See also: Politics of Guinea
2. BBC News - Guinea country profile
"10 Aug 2010 ...
Politics: Military junta took control in December 2008 within hours of death
of President Lansana
Conte, who himself seized power in a coup ..."
www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1032311.stm
3. Lansana Conté: Biography from Answers.com
"Lansana
Conté president Personal
Information Born c. 1944 in a village about 50 miles north of Conakry,
Guinea."
www.answers.com/topic/lansana-cont
4. Lansana Conté profile: Death of an African 'Big Man' | World news ...
"23 Dec 2008 ...
Guinea's second president since independence from France came to power in a
coup and over 24 years allowed only a veneer of democracy."
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/23/lansana-conte-profile
"Lansana
Conte is the recently deceased President of Guinea. Conte was president from
1984 until his death on December 22, 2008."
www.mahalo.com/lansana-conte
6. BBC NEWS | Africa | Obituary: Guinea's Lansana Conte
"23 Dec 2008 ... The
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Lansana Conte, who has
died."
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"Lansana
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Birthplace: Dubréka, Guinea Died: 22-Dec-2008. Cause of death: Illness.
Gender: Male Religion: Muslim ..."
www.nndb.com/people/199/000179659/
9. Lansana Conte (president of Guinea) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
"Britannica online
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Lansana Conte (president of Guinea), c. 1934Loumbaya-Moussaya, Dubréka
prefecture, French GuineaDec."
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/134711/Lansana-Conte
"30 Dec 2008 ...
Lansana
Conté was the President of
Guinea whose two and a half decades in power left his nation mired in poverty
and corruption."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4031475/Lansana-Cont.html
11. Lansana Conté, military leader of Guinea, has died - The New York ...
"23 Dec 2008 ...
CONAKRY, Guinea — President
Lansana Conté, who
ruled this African nation with an iron hand since seizing power in a coup
nearly a quarter ..."
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12. Category:Lansana Conté - Wikimedia Commons
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13. Conakry, Lobe, lansana Conte, GUinea , Aliminium
"Conakry (Reuters) -
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"lanasana conte veut
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15. Lansana Conté: authoritarian President of Guinea | Times Online ...
"24 Dec 2008 ...
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"23 Dec 2008 ...
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Conté ."
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18. Guinea to hold funeral for dictator Lansana Conte - The China Post
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19. Lansana Conté: President of Guinea who ruled the West African ...
"3 Jan 2009 ... The
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20. Coup fear as Guinea president dies - CNN.com
"23 Dec 2008 ...
Lansana Conte came to
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Lansana Conte after a long
illness," Sompare said, according to Le Jour. ..."
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/23/guinea.president.dead/
Moussa Dadis Camara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (born 1964) is an ex-officer of the Guinean army who served as the President of the Republic of Guinea's National Council for Democracy and Development (Conseil National de la Démocratie et du Développement, CNDD), which seized power in a military coup d'état on 23 December 2008 after the death of long-time President and dictator Lansana Conté. He has been out of office since the assassination attempt on him on 3 December 2009.
Moussa Dadis Camara was born in 1964 in the remote town of Kouré, Lola Prefecture, in the Guinée Forestière region of southeastern Guinea, near the border with Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. He is a member of the Kpelle ethnic group (known in Guinea as Guerze). Dadis’ ethnic group are primarily found in Guinée Forestière region of Guinea, near Liberia. Dadis attended primary and secondary school in Nzérékoré, about 24 miles (40 km) away from his birth-town of Kouré. He studied law and economics at Abdel Nasser University in the capital, Conakry. He is a Christian[1] in a country that is at least 85% Muslim. Dadis speaks five languages: French, Kpelle, Susu, Maninka and German.[1]
He joined the Army of Guinea in 1990 as a corporal and was later appointed as the Chief of Fuels at the Guinean army base in Kindia, about 60 miles northeast of Conakry.[2] From 2001 to 2002, Dadis was sent to Sierra Leone as a member of the United Nations' peacekeeping troops. In 2004, President Conté sent Dadis, along with several other Guinean soldiers, to Bremen, Germany, for 18 months’ military training. In November 2008, he was named head of the Guinean army's fuel supplies unit, a branch of the Guinean Minister of Defense's cabinet.[1] He was one of the leading mutineers in the 2008 Guinean military unrest. Prior to the December 2008 coup, he was not well known by the general population.
[3]In the early hours of 23 December 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died because of illness on 22 December.[4] According to the constitution, the President of the National Assembly was to assume the Presidency of the Republic in the event of a vacancy, and a new presidential election was to be held within 60 days.[4]
Six hours after Somparé announced Conté's death, a statement was read on television announcing a military coup d'état.[5] This statement, read by Captain Camara[6] on behalf of the CNDD,[5] said that "the government and the institutions of the Republic have been dissolved". The statement also announced the suspension of the constitution "as well as political and union activity".[6] According to Camara, the coup was necessary because of Guinea's "deep despair" amidst rampant poverty and corruption, and he said that the existing institutions were "incapable of resolving the crises which have been confronting the country." Furthermore, Camara said that someone from the military would become President, while a civilian would be appointed as Prime Minister at the head of a new government that would be ethnically balanced.[7] The National Council for Democracy and Development would, according to Camara, include 26 officers as well as six civilians.[8]
A statement was read over the radio on 24 December 2008, announcing that Captain Camara was the President of the CNDD.[9] Later in the day, Camara and thousands of soldiers loyal to him paraded through the city, surrounded by large numbers of civilian supporters. According to Camara, he "came to see if the terrain is favorable to us", declaring that the large crowds indicated that the people were indeed supportive of the coup. Also on 24 December, Camara said in a radio broadcast that the CNDD did not want to stay in power indefinitely and that it intended to lead the country for two years, promising "credible and transparent presidential elections by the end of December 2010". This contradicted an earlier statement which promised an election within the constitutionally mandated period of 60 days.[10]
Speaking on the radio on 25 December, Camara said that he did not plan to run for President at the end of the two year transitional period. He also declared that the CNDD was not susceptible to bribes. According to Camara, people had "start[ed] to show up with bags of money to try to corrupt us. They’ve tried to give money to our wives and cars to our children." He warned that he would "personally go after anyone that tries to corrupt us".[11]
The Associated Press reported that Camara's tenureship was quickly challenged by soldiers of Sekouba Konate, in one of the capital's barracks. Camara, Konate, and a third unknown officer then drew lots, twice, to determine who would lead, with Camara winning both times.[12] (note that Konate now runs the country, after a nearly successful assassination attempt on Camara)
On 25 December 2008, the Prime Minister under the previous régime, Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, pledged loyalty to Camara, thus further consolidating the latter's rule.[11] On 22 March 2009, Souaré was arrested and held in a military prison, along with two Mines Ministers (recalling that Guinea is the world's largest exporter of bauxite, the necessary ore for aluminum).
[13]Main article: 2009 Guinea protest
On 28 September 2009, opposition party members demonstrated in the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry, demanding that Camara step down. Although many branches of security forces were involved, the presidential guard "Red Berets", led by Abubakar "Toumba" Diakite, were exceptionally responsible for the violence, firing on, knifing, bayonetting, and gang-raping the fleeing civilians, killing at least 157 people(U.N) and injuring at least 1,200 not just in the stadium but as many fled on streets.[14] In response to criticism from international human rights organisations, the government has said that only 56 people died and most were trampled by fleeing protesters.[15] Following the event, cell phone photos from anonymous sources circulated on the Internet, showing what appears to be many women being raped by Camara's soldiers.[16] Few women have spoken up about the attacks against them because of a societal stigma against the victims of sexual assault. However, Doctors Without Borders has confirmed that they have treated several rape and sexual violence victims of the incident. For a people already accustomed to violence, the rapes were nonetheless especially shocking as they took place in the open space, under broad daylight, and were horrifically violent and often mortal.[17] According to numerous witness accounts, women were horrendously gang-raped using gun barrels and other objects. Some were raped then shot with the rifle barrel in their vaginas.[18] The International Criminal Court is currently investigating the incident and the African Union has asked for Camara's resignation.[19]
In response to the incident, the Economic Community of West African States imposed an arms embargo on Guinea.[20] The African Union, the European Union and the United States punished Moussa Dadis Camara and forty-one other junta members in late October 2009. The African Union imposed a travel ban and froze any bank accounts owned by the forty-two.[21] The European Union did the same a day earlier.[21] The United States opted for a travel ban alone.[22] The African Union's commissioner for peace and security said the sanctions were intended to punish the junta and would not affect areas such as trade which may impact on the lives of ordinary citizens.
[21]On 3 December 2009, Camara was shot by men under the command of his aide-de-camp, Abubakar "Toumba" Diakite. A government spokesman (Idrissa Cherif) said he was only lightly wounded, but anonymous junta officials said Camara was in a serious condition after being shot in the head.[23] Camara's bodyguard and driver were killed in the attack.[24]
On 4 December the New York Times's sources suggested that Camara had in fact left the country for medical treatment in Morocco, amidst claims by officials that he was not in serious condition.[25]
Vice-President (and defense minister) Sékouba Konaté flew back from Lebanon to run the country. Diakite is still in hiding.[26]
On January 12, 2010 Camara was flown to Burkina Faso [27]. After meeting in Ouagadougou on January 13 and 14, Camara, Konaté and Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, produced a formal statement of twelve principles promising a return of Guinea to civilian rule within six months. It was agreed that the military would not contest the forthcoming elections, and Camara would continue his convalescence outside Guinea[28]. On 21 January 2010 the military junta appointed Jean-Marie Doré as Prime Minister of a six-month transition government, leading up to elections.
[29]Politics of Guinea takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Guinea is both head of state and head of government of Guinea. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly.
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A military junta, led by then-Lt. Col. Lansana Conté and styling itself the Military Committee of National Recovery (CMRN), took control of Guinea in April 1984, shortly after the death of independent Guinea's first president, Sékou Touré. With Conté as president, the CMRN set about dismantling Touré's oppressive regime, abolishing the authoritarian constitution, dissolving the sole political party and its mass youth and women's organizations, and announcing the establishment of the Second Republic. The new government released all political prisoners and committed itself to the protection of human rights. In order to reverse the steady economic decline under Touré's rule, the CMRN reorganized the judicial system, decentralized the administration, promoted private enterprise, and encouraged foreign investment
In 1990, Guineans approved by referendum a new constitution that inaugurated the Third Republic, and established a Supreme Court. In 1991, the CMRN was replaced by a mixed military and civilian body, the Transitional Council for National Recovery (CTRN), with Conté as president and a mandate to manage a 5-year transition to full civilian rule. The CTRN drafted laws to create republican institutions and to provide for independent political parties, national elections, and freedom of the press. Political party activity was legalized in 1992, when more than 40 political parties were officially recognized for the first time.
In December 1993, Conté was elected to a 5-year term as president in the country's first multi-party elections, which were marred by irregularities and lack of transparency on the part of the government. In 1995, Conté's ruling PUP party won 76 of 114 seats in elections for the National Assembly amid opposition claims of irregularities and government tampering. In 1996, President Conté reorganized the government, appointing Sidya Touré to the revived post of Prime Minister and charging him with special responsibility for leading the government's economic reform program. In the early hours of December 23, 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died at 6:45pm local time on December 22 "after a long illness",[1] without specifying the cause of death.[2] According to Somparé, Conté "hid his physical suffering" for years "in order to give happiness to Guinea."[2] Conté had left the country for medical treatment on numerous occasions in the years preceding his death,[1] and speculation about his health had long been widespread. Contrary to his usual practice, Conté did not appear on television to mark Tabaski earlier in December 2008, and this sparked renewed speculation, as well as concern about the possibility of violence in the event of his death. At around the same time, a newspaper published a photograph suggesting that Conté was in poor physical condition and having difficulty standing up. The editor of that newspaper was arrested and the newspaper was required to print a photograph in which Conté looked healthy.[2]
According to the constitution, the President of the National Assembly was to assume the Presidency of the Republic in the event of a vacancy, and a new presidential election was to be held within 60 days.[1] Somparé requested that the President of the Supreme Court, Lamine Sidimé, declare a vacancy in the Presidency and apply the constitution.[1][3] Prime Minister Souaré and Diarra Camara, the head of the army, stood alongside Somparé during his announcement.[2][4] The government declared 40 days of national mourning[5] and Camara called on soldiers to remain calm.
[6]Six hours after Somparé announced Conté's death, a statement was read on television announcing a military coup d'état.[7] This statement, read by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara [8] on behalf of a group called National Council for Democracy,[7] said that "the government and the institutions of the Republic have been dissolved". The statement also announced the suspension of the constitution "as well as political and union activity".[8] In its place, the military said it had established a consultative council composed of civilian and military leaders.[9]
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On September 27, 2009, the day before planned demonstrations in the capital city Conakry, the government declared demonstrations illegal. Thousands of protestors defied the ban, assembling in a soccer stadium. 157 were left dead after the level of violence used by security forces escalated.[10] Captain Moussa (Dadis) Camara told Radio France International on 28 September the shootings by members of his presidential guard were beyond his control. "Those people who committed those atrocities were uncontrollable elements in the military," he said. "Even I, as head of state in this very tense situation, cannot claim to be able to control those elements in the military."[10]
On December 3, 2009 Captain Moussa Dadis Camara suffered a head wound in an attempted assassination in Conakry led by his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, who is known as Toumba. Captain Camara underwent surgery at a hospital in Morocco. Reports say Toumba's men opened fire on Captain Camara late Thursday at an army camp in the city of Conakry.
[11]The president of Guinea is normally elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected president. The president governs Guinea, assisted by a council of 25 civilian ministers appointed by him. The government administers the country through eight regions, 33 prefectures, over 100 subprefectures, and many districts (known as communes in Conakry and other large cities and villages or "quartiers" in the interior). District-level leaders are elected; the president appoints officials to all other levels of the highly centralized administration.
Since the 2008 Guinean coup d'état, the head of state has been Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, an army officer and President of the National Council for Democracy and Development.
The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 114 members, elected for a four year term, 38 members in single-seat constituencies and 76 members by proportional representation. Guinea is a one party dominant state with the Party of Unity and Progress in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
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1.
Mines and
Communities: Top Israelis accused of illegal diamond deals - saved
"Yossi
Kamisa, a former officer in the Israel Police Border Guard Anti-Terrorism Unit
and advisor to the Ministry
of National
Infrastructures director ..."
www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=1689
2. Newer - Stock market and financial news journal with powerful ...
"21 Apr 2008... in a
lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv last week by former border guard and advisor tothe
Ministry of
National
Infrastructure,
Yossi Kamisa. ..."
www.stockhouse.com/Bullboards/MessageDetail.aspx?m=23048482&s=ARL&t=list
3. The Money Trail - SAVED
"27 Apr 2007 ... Kamisa
noted in the suit that he had met Lieberman when the ... Lieberman was
appointed national
infrastructure minister on March 7, 2001. ..."
www.ocnus.net/Dysfunctions_2/The_Money_Trail.shtml
4. The money trail - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
"26 Apr 2007... Knesset
member and as national
infrastructure minister in the government of ....
Yossi Kamisa, against the
diamond merchant Dan Gertler. ..."
www.haaretz.com/magazine/friday-supplement/the-money-trail-1.219051
5. UN Has Condemed Congo Exploitation. Worldwide Press: Make It ...
"16 Dec 2007... and
Yossi Kamisa, a former
Israeli police officer in the Anti-Terrorism Unit and advisor to the
Ministry of
National Infrastructures
..."
www.nowpublic.com/politics/un-has-condemed-congo-exploitation-worldwide-press-make-it-visible
6. Caroline Glick :: What Lieberman wants
"20 Oct 2006 ...
Yossi Kamisa, a retired
officer who served in the Israel Police's ... to the Director-General of the
National Infrastructures
Ministry. ..."
www.carolineglick.com/e/2006/10/what-lieberman-wants.php
7. 8. Governance and mining in Katanga.
"Gertler's dealings in
the DRC during the war led an advisor to the
Ministry of
National. Infrastructure
of Israel, a person named
Yossi Kamisa, ..."
www.ipisresearch.be/download.php?id=127
8. 10/14/7 "Darfur: Why Should We Care"? "Depopulation should be the ...
"15 Oct 2007 ... The
former director of United Nations Affairs on the
National ... China is
willing to offer billions in soft loans and infrastructure projects - all with
no strings ...... to the
Ministry of National
Infrastructures director general. ... Yosi Ben-Hanan. Kamisa's assistance was
conditional on Gertler ..."
www.burbankdigest.com/node/37
9. Grioo.com : Voir le sujet - QUE SE PASSE-T-IL AU CONGO ??? (RDC)
"15 posts - 8
authors - Last post: 31 Jul 2006National"
se met dangereusement au travers de la route pour ...... and advisor to the
Ministry of
National
Infrastructure,
Yossi Kamisa. ..."
www.grioo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=90469&sid=97261a0c39b08bc04e2356ffdcba4c98
10. x @ n @ d v | E-book / Top Israelis accused of illegal diamond ...
"30 Nov 2009... to the
Ministry of
National
Infrastructure,
Yossi Kamisa. ... Kamisa
alleges that the Israel
Ministry of Defense did not allow him to ..."
xanadu.110mb.com/wiki/index.php/E-book/TopIsraelisAccusedOfIllegalDiamondDeals
11. Conflict Diamonds are Forever - PAIR-ANNOYED FORUMS
"27 Feb 2010... Beitenu—and
Yossi Kamisa, a former
Israeli policeman in the Anti-Terrorism Unit and advisor to the
Ministry of
National Infrastructures
..."
www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/FORUM-DATABASE/showthread.php?p=50932
12. March 29; March 28; March 27; March 26 - The Jewish Tribal Review
"The Foreign
Ministry is opposed to
explicit government intervention in ...... In a chance meeting at a wedding in
Israel, he got to know Yossi
Kamisa, ..."
www.jewishtribalreview.org/thisweek16.htm
13. Print
"26 Apr 2007 ... In
March 2001, when he was named minister of
national
infrastructure, ...
Yossi Kamisa, against the
diamond merchant Dan Gertler. ..."
www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/objects/pages/PrintArticle.jhtml?itemNo=852677
14. World News Journal: 4/1/07 - 4/8/07
"6 Apr 2007 ... Mr.
Kamisa also claimed Mr. Gertler bribed Congolese government officials and
...... national security,"
a foreign ministry
statement said. ..."
africannewsanalysis.blogspot.com/2007_04_05_archive.html
15. Danny Danon | Business Articles from Israel's Globes Archive
"Yitzhak Danon18/02/2004
14:52:00 Yossi Kamisa, a
former officer in the Israel ... Border Guard Anti-Terrorism Unit and advisor
to the Ministry of
National . ..."
archive.globes.co.il/searchgl/Danny%20Danon.html
16. I am not an anti-semite, I just blame jews for everything (Title ...
"40 posts - 10
authors - Last post: 24 Aug 2009The Israel Project glommed onto
Yossi Zur, a father who
lost a ..... an internal
ministry document claiming Kamisa's appointment would cause ..."
forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=26252.5480
17. The Yeshiva World » Frum Jewish News
"13 Jul 2009 ...
Opponents fear that Kamisa's military background and his inability to speak
the language .... interior, justice and Minister
Yossi Peled. ..."
www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php/?os=7481857&sp=2&paged=505
18. Sound Opinions Message Board > Israeli Troops Enter Lebanon
"50 posts - 22
authors - Last post: 20 Jul 2006Meetings on the evacuation plan are taking
place at the Ministry of
.... military means aimed at electricity supply and infrastructure. ..."
www.soundopinions.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php/jp.../t4609-100.html
19. The White House Protest Corps - USA and European Imperialism in ...
"6 Jun 2010... Beitenu--and
Yossi Kamisa, a former
Israeli policeman in the Anti-Terrorism Unit and advisor to the
Ministry of
National Infrastructures
..."
turningworm.us/2010-06-06A/africa.html
20. A/47/509 of 21 October 1992
"Ateret Cohanim, the
Jewish settlement movement, and the Israeli
Ministry of .... He also
urged the Hamas movement to join the Unified
National Leadership, ..."
unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/1EEFEB4320DA98CC052568080052C9A0