A JAILED Guinean opposition politician has begun a hunger strike to press for his release after serving a two-year prison sentence which ended last month. Antoine Soromou is a friend and political ally of the main opposition leader Alpha Conde, head of the Guinean People’s Rally (RPG), who is also behind bars. Soromou was convicted of complicity in a bid to destabilise the government and violence against a member of the security forces. – AFP