Guinea's prized dam project under fire over village displacements

The inhabitants of Bouramaya Sousou, an impoverished village in central Guinea, now say they struggle to feed themselves and have not received any compensation -- complaints echoed by hundreds of others in the area.  When the Chinese-financed Souapiti hydroelectric plant comes online, originally planned for the end of the year, it will represent a political coup for Alpha Conde, Guinea's 82-year(sic) president.

For decades, leaders of the West African state have dreamt of building a dam straddling  the Konkoure River, to power homes and businesses in a country where most people have no mains electricity.