Small groups of women set up roadblocks early using stones and whatever they could find as traffic into the city center built up.
The protest kicked off in a neighborhood which was one of the worst hit by a huge fire in Guinea’s main fuel depot in December. Twenty-five people died in the blaze, which also left the economy reeling, with inflation rising, petrol rationed and no trucks moving merchandise.
The women demanded the help that had been promised after the fire to repair their homes, the AFP correspondent at the scene and local media said.
They also protested price hikes for basic goods, repression of the opposition and curbs on the internet.
Young men joined the demonstration and threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas. The demonstrators were later dispersed and the roads cleared, GuineeNews website reported.
Guinea has been led since September 2021 by a military junta that deposed the country's first democratically-elected president.
The ruling junta banned all demonstrations in 2022 and has arrested several opposition leaders, civil society members and the press.
Internet access has been restricted for several weeks.
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