CONAKRY, Feb. 20 -- A mission from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been in the Guinean capital Conakry since Wednesday to evaluate the progress of a case on the massacre of Sept. 28, 2009 being carried out by Guinean judges.
The mission led by ICC head of international cooperation Amadi Bah outlined the goal of its visit to President Alpha Conde during a meeting on Wednesday.

On the fateful day, a meeting of opposition supporters at a stadium in Conakry was violently repressed by the Guinean army.

In a report released by the United Nations after the massacre, the death toll was placed at 157. About 100 women were raped, the report said.

The ICC cannot take over a matter unless the West African country shows unwillingness to prosecute the perpetrators.

This is the case with the Sept. 28 massacre, which is being handled by four judges whose objective is to identify those responsible for what happened on that day.

Guinea's Justice Minister Cheick Sakho, who attended the meeting with the Guinean president, reassured the ICC team of the government's willingness to bring the matter to an end by ensuring the prosecution of all those responsible for the massacre.

He equally noted that the government had prioritized the fight against impunity.

The killing occurred during a protest against the then junta, which launched a coup in December 2008.