The town is also a stronghold of the political opposition to President Alpha Conde, though witnesses said the clash was not directly connected to national politics. Updated Sat, May 28th 2016 at 16:19 GMT +3CONAKRY: At least 59 people were injured in Guinea when youths frustrated they were being kept out of the opening of a new mosque in the town of Timbo clashed with police, a hospital director and witnesses said on Saturday. "There was a huge clash between the police and the young people and clouds of tear gas. About 85 percent of Guinea's population follows Sunni Islam and Timbo is a centre of Islamic learning and the capital of the Foutah branch of Islam in Guinea. Security officials stopped ordinary people from entering the mosque to allow local dignitaries to pass but youths became angry and threw stones and attempted to rush in, witnesses said.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2016 11:37 UTC