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Ebola Survivors Across West Africa Share Life-Saving Tips Via Mobile App

CONAKRY, Guinea, January 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- #ISurvivedEbola, the groundbreaking West African multimedia campaign, has launched a new, interactive mobile app that...
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Economic Prowess Dominates Diplomatic Precision: An Overview of King Mohammed VI’s Tour of Africa South of the Sahara

Increasingly in recent months, international politics has been split down the red line of foreign policy--a demarcation dividing the EU and the US from...
Guinea government still remain voiceless on the culprits of September, 28 massacre

Guinea government still remain voiceless on the culprits of September, 28 massacre

The culprits of the massacre of over thousnads of people who took part in a political rally in a stadium at Conakry, the capital...
GUINEA RELIEF OF ITS DEBTS

GUINEA RELIEF OF ITS DEBTS

Guinea has been relief of a debt of over 2.1 billion this Wednesday and has now been removed from the list of highly indebted...
Guinea: Election results raise ethnic tensions

Guinea: Election results raise ethnic tensions

As soon as Alpha Conde was declared the first democratically elected president of Guinea, violence broke out in pockets of Guinea's capital, Conakry. The...
Guinea: Violence over presidential election outcome feared

Guinea: Violence over presidential election outcome feared

Results for Guinea’s presidential election are to be announced Monday, November 15, but the stage has been set for a violent showdown after one...
Guinea finally decides

Guinea finally decides

Guinea has completed its first democratic election since independence from France in 1958, recording a huge voter turn out in a run-off election that...
Guinea: New electoral chief appointed amid clashes, theft, fire

Guinea: New electoral chief appointed amid clashes, theft, fire

Guinea's junta leader General Sekouba Konte has named a Malian citizen to head the national independent electoral commission after consultations with international representatives on...
Guinea: The longest wait for second round presidential polls

Guinea: The longest wait for second round presidential polls

The burning down of the warehouse at Camp Samory military barracks in Guinea where voting materials for the upcoming second round presidential elections were...
Guinea-Canada: Suspicious death of ex-Junta leader’s son

Guinea-Canada: Suspicious death of ex-Junta leader’s son

Thursday, the Camara family anxiously awaited the results of an autopsy on the body of their eldest son, Moriba Camara "Junior", who was found...
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Somalia: Military reinforcements from African nations begin

AU commission chairman, Jean Ping has said that two African states, Djibouti and Guinea are ready to immediately deploy a battalion each to Mogadishu...
Guinea: Court keeps electoral process in check

Guinea: Court keeps electoral process in check

Guinean court has stood firm in its coordination of national elections after it rejected votes from five districts due to severe irregularities feared to...
Guinea military seek to take over power again?

Guinea military seek to take over power again?

In a televised speech broadcast Sunday, Guinea's Army Chief, Major Ibrahima Balde revealed a planned assassination attempt on the lives of some of the...
Guinea elections: Enraged party to dispute results in court

Guinea elections: Enraged party to dispute results in court

Numerous Sydia Touré supporters gathered Monday in the Guinean capital, Conakry, to protest alleged electoral fraud in the June 27 presidential elections. The Guinean...
Guinea: The long wait for election results

Guinea: The long wait for election results

At fifty-two, Guinea, a novice in what concerns democratic practices, seems to have emerged from Sunday's first free and independent presidential election unscathed after...
Guinea holds first democratic elections

Guinea holds first democratic elections

Guinea is set for its first democratic vote in half a century on Sunday after clashes between rival parties on Thursday left at least...
Guinea: The military won’t go unpunished

Guinea: The military won’t go unpunished

Nouhou Thiam, Chief of General Staff of the Guinean Army announced Wednesday that all soldiers must be held responsible for their acts, especially for...
Guinea army arrests: Payback time or Democratization?

Guinea army arrests: Payback time or Democratization?

Guinea’s top military officers close to former military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who was shot in the head in an assassination attempt last...
Guinea: Presidential election campaign begins

Guinea: Presidential election campaign begins

It’s official. Campaigning for the June presidential election began Monday in Guinea. The list of candidates for the election, scheduled to take place June...
Guinea’s military leader refuses postponement of elections

Guinea’s military leader refuses postponement of elections

The head of the joint AU-UN-ECOWAS mission, General Lamine Cissé has presented his first evaluation report of the restructuring of the defense and security...
Guinea: The end of a tumultuous era?

Guinea: The end of a tumultuous era?

Jean-Marie Dore, spokesperson for the Forces Vives, a coalition of political parties and civil society groups in Guinea against the military junata, has been...
Guinea: Military Leader warned to stay away from the country

Guinea: Military Leader warned to stay away from the country

Recuperating Guinea's military junta, Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, has been advised not to return to Guinea, because his return, according to analysts, would destabilize...
Madagascar, Guinea, Niger get U.S. economic aid boot

Madagascar, Guinea, Niger get U.S. economic aid boot

The Obama administration has decided to suspend trade benefits granted under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for Guinea, Niger and Madagascar, citing...
Guinea, France, ECOWAS: Tug of war over a coup plot

Guinea, France, ECOWAS: Tug of war over a coup plot

The Guinean junta has accused France and its secret services of being the brains behind the assassination attempt on Guinea's president, Captain Moussa Dadis...
Guinea: Manhunts and indiscriminate tortures begin

Guinea: Manhunts and indiscriminate tortures begin

Check-points, rampant vehicular searches, violent raids, arrests, summary executions… Loyal junta forces in Guinea are leaving no stone unturned as they seek to lay...
Guinea: Calls for democracy heighten ahead of Junta leader’s return from Morocco

Guinea: Calls for democracy heighten ahead of Junta leader’s return from Morocco

West African regional group has called for an immediate return to civilian rule in Guinea as the attacked military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara...
Guinean junta leader shot in army mutiny

Guinean junta leader shot in army mutiny

Guinea military leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara has been shot in an act of mutiny that has left the West African nation and international...
London: Beauty pageant, scam, disenchantment

London: Beauty pageant, scam, disenchantment

The beauty pageant was supposed to be the most memorable day of their lives. Yet, for the bevy of beauties gathered here, their dream...
Guinea: Junta prepares to kill its own and destabilize West Africa

Guinea: Junta prepares to kill its own and destabilize West Africa

A Guinean youth militia group largely recruited on ethnic basis is, reportedly, being assembled ahead of January national elections. The government of South...
The U.S. has no illusions over democracy in Guinea

The U.S. has no illusions over democracy in Guinea

“Fifty years of authoritarian rule has been debilitating to the country. Money that went to the armed forces that could have been or should...