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CONAKRY, Guinea — The Obama administration has injected itself into the crisis in Guinea, taking the unusual step of dispatching a senior diplomat to protest the mass killings and rapes there last week.
The military seized power last December, and pressure has been rising as Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, 45, and his government backed off a pledge not to run in the country’s presidential elections in January.
At a demonstration against him Sept. 28, witnesses said, soldiers opened fire on the crowds and raped female protesters. Human-rights officials estimate as many as 157 people were killed. The government has put the number at 56.
