An explosion at an oil terminal in Guinea's capital Conakry killed at least 13 people and injured 178 on Monday, as firefighters worked through the afternoon to fully extinguish the blaze.
Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls on Sunday in local elections as voters seek stability more than a year after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved parliament over accusations of corruption.
With the acrid smell of burning tyres in the air, Conakry resident Mariame Diallo pointed to blood splatters on a wall where her teenage brother was shot.