a Guinean court sentenced 16 people to death for committing...

a Guinean court sentenced 16 people to death for committing "pre-meditated murder" during inter-ethnic clashes in May, Justice Minister Christian Snow said. A court in the eastern city of Kankan also sentenced 20 others to between five and 20 years for involvement in violence between indigenous Kpeles and ethnic Malinkes, where at least 25 people died, including 10 who were said to have been burnt alive.