A collection of unions have called for two days of strikes after a September 28 rally by tens of thousands of people protesting against the military rulers was quashed by soldiers, killing dozens of people.

Most public and private offices remained closed on Monday morning and the usually bustling streets were largely empty at the start of the working week, Reuters reported.

"The strike has been organized by the union in both the private and the public sector. They are asking the population to stay home and not go to work to pray for the people who have been killed on the 28th of September," Attorney Thierno Balde, president of the Research Institute on Democracy and Rule of Law told the Voice Of America African service.

Balde said further that the military junta has not made any official statement on the strike action “So far, they haven't made any comment. I think if it doesn't become violent it will be fine, but so far I haven't heard any comment from them.”

Balde said there are reasons to believe that Guineans do not want a repeat of September 28th "After what has happened on September 28th, no one wants really to have further violence and I think it is in the interest of everyone to calm things down,” whiles expressing optimism that "I think at this stage the military wouldn't take action against the population at least for these two days."

He continued "So far, all the reactions which we are getting (have) been really positive. I haven't heard anyone who is against the idea, and once again, the call is for all the union (workers) in Guinea.”

Latest report monitored from Guinea indicates that shops and markets are closed with few cars seen in the streets of Conakry.

The junta leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara has faced sharp criticism by the international community for the killings on September 28th whiles France Minister Bernard Kouchner directly accused Camara of having hands in the killings of his people a charge he denied.

The Capt. Camara has set up a commission which comprises opposition members to investigate the killings.

Meanwhile, talks between the junta, opposition leaders and West African ministers is ongoing in the Nigerian Federal Capital Abuja in a bid to bring stability to the West African nation.