Stade du 28 Septembre is a

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Conakry Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973. The current population of C ...

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. In an attempt to host the 2023

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(ANC), or Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (CAN) in French, proposals have been made to upgrade or reconstruct the 28 September Stadium to an all seater capacity of 45,000–50,000 people.

Events

*some of the

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matches of the national team *

matches of major teams of Guinea *Funeral of

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; 9 January 1922 – 26 March 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary ...

and *Funeral of general

Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (; 30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

*political meetings

Name

The Stadium gets its name from 28 September. The day

famously voted NO in the French referendum, which ultimately led to the political independence of

on 2 October 1958. Guinea-Conakry (formerly French Guinea) is the first former

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in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain political independence.

28 September protest

On 28 September 2009 opposition party members demonstrated in the Stade du 28 Septembre, demanding that Guinean president Captain

Moussa Dadis Camara Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (; ; born 1 January 1964), now called Moïse Dadis Camara (),''Le Populaire'', , N°3232, 31 August 2010, p. 2 is an ex-officer of the Guinean Army who served as the third president of Guinea from 23 December 2008 t ...

step down. Security forces fired into the crowd killing 157 people and injuring 1,200. In response to criticism from international human rights organisations, the government has said that only 56 people died and most were trampled by fleeing protesters. The

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is currently investigating the incident and the

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The b ...

asked for Camara's resignation.

References

Football venues in Guinea

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