A minister has been charged for the role he played in a massacre that killed scores of people in the Guinean capital Conakry in 2009.
Over 157 people were killed and at least 100 women were raped during an attack by Guinean troops on civilians protesting against military rule.
Colonel Tiegboro Camara is the most senior official charged in coinnection with the killings.
Camara, the current minister in charge of fighting drugs trafficking and organised crime, was named in a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) as being in command of the soldiers who attacked over 50,000 protesteers.
"Ensuring justice for the 2009 victims and their families would help break the cycle of violence, fear, and impunity that has blighted the lives and hopes of so many Guineans for so many years," Corinne Dufka, senior West Africa researcher for HRW, said on Thursday.
