Massacre in Guinea

The World

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with African expert Elizabeth Schmidt about the significance of the stadium in Conakry, Guinea..where a massacre of Guineans took place on September 28th. 157 people were killed and more than a 1,000 were wounded when government troops opened fire on protesters.

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