Guinean President Alpha Conde escaped a sustained rocket and gunfire attack on his residence on Tuesday that killed one person and left his home riddled with bullet holes. There was no official word on who was behind the attack on Conde, who came to power last December in an election aimed at ending decades of coups in the West African nation where iron and bauxite resources have attracted world mining majors. A presidential source said the attack was clearly a failed assassination attempt targeting the president, who later rushed to the state broadcaster to appeal for calm.
