Womey massacre

De **Womey massacre,** na ebe some deadly attack wey dem murder eight members of a team of healthcare workers, journalist, den government officials who be affiliated with de conflict resolution non-profit Search for Common Ground den WHO for mid-September 2014. Dem travel go some village dem dey call Womey for Guinea's southwest region insyde, na dem dem dey go educate de local people for dere de time de West African Ebola virus epidemic pai. Na de team dey go warn de village people about de dangers of de Ebola virus disease. By 24 September 2014, report komot say de Ebola disease kill over 600 people for Guinea during de months wey pass.

## Context
De attack on de Ebola Health Team insyd Womey, Guinea dem dey relate am to de mistrust den miscommunication wey dey between villagers den de Guinean government. After de attack, a local police officer wey dem dey call am Richard Haba come explain say de villagers' dey belief say de Ebola "be nothing more than an invention of white people wey dem wan take kill black people". De underlying problem bi say dem dey believed buh san dey fear. A coordinator with Search for Common Ground, Aly Badara, talk say, "Insyd dat part of Guinea, dem no gey faith between dose people den demma government."

## Summary
On 18 September, dem report dat de bodies of de team of Guinean health den government officials, wey dem accompany am by journalists, who wey dem dey distribute Ebola information den doing disinfection work, wey dem dey find am insyd latrine for de town of Womey,  from Nzérékoré. De workers dem murder dem by residents of de village after dey initially go missing after a riot against de presence of de health education team. Government officials talk say "de bodies wey dey show signs say dem come attack plus machetes den clubs" den "three of demma throats as dem slit am."

## Incident
When de group first arrive for de village, people throw stones for dem, causing de group to split up, with nine people trying to hide near de town of Womey, den others taking refuge near Nzérékoré. Of those nine people, only one successfully hide den survive. De other eight members for de group wey dem kill am. De survivor, a journalist, talk say dat dem hear de villagers searching around for dem. De team dey consist of health workers, government officials, one priest, den journalists.

Na dem find fe bodies insyd a latrine plus evidence of dem struck plus clubs den machetes, wey dem find three plus dema throats slit. Na dem find de bodies insyd de septic tank of de local school. As dem find de evidence, na dem arrest six insyd connection plus de attack(s). By 22 September 2014 na dem arrest twenty people, den by 24 September 2014 na Guinea police arrest 27 suspects in connection plus de attack. By 21 April 2015, na de courts convict eleven of those wey dem issue life sentences.

## Victims
De team dey include at least two doctors, wey dem dey include de Health Director for de prefecture den de Deputy Director for de hospital insyd de area. San be pastor who dey work for local Christian church den one of de founders of Hope Clinic, wey dem dey provides medical care den surgeries. One of de journalists, Facely Camara, dey work for Zaly Liberté FM while two others, Sidiki Sidibé den Molou Chérif, wey dey work for Radio Rurale de N'Zérékoré. Dem dey local radio stations wey dey base insyd Nzérékoré (N'Zérékoré). Nzérékoré bi de second largest city insyd Guinea plus a population greater dan 300 thousand insyd 2008, den bi de capital of Nzérékoré Prefecture.

## Impact
After de attack, de Ebola crisis wey dem see am as both a worldwide health crisis as well as a security risk.

## Reactions
Irina Bokova, de director-general of UNESCO come condemn de killings for de health care team. Bokova ein statement dey emphasize de important role dat de media dey play insyd fighting dis outbreak, saying "plus de virus dey spread as ebi de role for de media insyd providing populations plus up to date den relevant information bi more important dan ever".

Several media organizations -- de Union of Free Radio den Television Stations of Guinea, Guinean Association of Private Newspaper Publishers, den Guinean On-Line Media Association -- san jointly condemned de massacre.

## Related incidents
Later insyd September 2014, a Red Cross Team insyd Guinea wey dem attack while dem dey try say dem dey collect corpses. Another medical charity wey dem already pull out of Guinea after multiple stoning attacks on demma teams. Insyd August 2014, wey de riots insyd Nzérékoré when a team wey try to disinfect a market. Nzérékoré be about  from Womey.

## References


## External links

* Alliance Ebola Team Member Killed in Guinea