Civil war feared in Guinea as militia grows

Guinea – Up a dirt road inside the thick forest here, many fear the seeds of Africa's next civil war are being sown.

Beyond two heavily guarded checkpoints is a sprawling camp, where white contractors are giving military training to an estimated 1,500 to 4,000 men from one of Guinea's smallest ethnic groups. The trainees, say a camp employee, a government official and several diplomats, are almost all Guerze, the tribe of Guinea's troubled leader.