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Guinea suspends negotiations in Ouagadougou
Guinea’s junta government Tuesday announced that the country has suspended its participation in the Ouagadougou mediation talks until the “return” of their boss, indicates...
Guinea blames France for assassination plot
Guinean Communications Minister and spokesman for the junta, Idrissa Cheriff, Tuesday announced that France could be holding lieutenant Aboubakar “Toumba” Diakité, blamed for the...
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: Camara in favorable condition
According to BCC, Guinea’s military leader is in a favorable condition after surgery following an attempted assassination, doctors treating him in Morocco have said....
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 the head, re-evacuted to Morocco
Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is being re-evacuated to Morocco for extra medical care, a day after he was wounded in an...
Guinean junta leader shot in the head, re-evacuted to Morocco
Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is being re-evacuated to Morocco for extra medical care, a day after he was wounded in an...
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
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: Burkina Faso Presidents frustrating mediation efforts
The international diplomatic corps is frustrated by Blaise Compaoré’s attitude in relation to the Guinean political mediation following the junta's decision to run in...
Guinea: January 31 elections “impossible to keep”
The promise by Guinea’s military rulers to hold elections on January 31 will be “technically impossible to keep, “because of several unforeseen circumstances,” declared...
Guinea: 100 women raped during September crackdown
Guinean soldiers raped at least 100 women during the bloody massacre in last September, a human rights group said, according to Reuters. The findings...
US-South Africa-Guinea: US ‘has evidence’ of SA training military junta
The US has declared that it holds evidence that South African mercenaries are training supporters of Guinea’s military junta. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State...
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...
South Africa-Guinea: South Africa training Guinea military?
The South African government has declared it is investigating reports indicating that South African mercenaries are training supporters of Guinea’s military junta. According to...
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...
Guinea: President Compaore to mediate talks with Guinea
President Blaise Compaore, from Burkina Faso is expected to mediate talks today, Tuesday, in Ouagadoudou, between Guinea’s military junta and other political groups. Backed...
Guinea: Sacrifice, University Style
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, a woman from Kankan, Guinea came to the University of Kankan to tell administrators about a dream she had....
Guinea: Junta warns international sanctions could lead to chaos
Guinea’s military junta warned on Friday that sanctions imposed by the African Union, the European Union and the United States could cause chaos in...
Guinea: AU imposes sanctions
The African Union (AU) declared it is imposing sanctions on Guinea’s military rulers, who seized power in a coup after the death of Lansana...
Guinea: A chronology of recent events
Guinea’s military leader, Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara has been banned from traveling outside Guinea, his personal accounts have been frozen, and military supplies to...
Guinea Stadium Massacre: Junta leader’s aide under suspicion
The UN Security Council on Wednesday approved the creation of a commission of inquiry to look into the 28 September massacres in Guinea. The...
Guinea: Youth organizations begin hunger strike
Various youth organizations are scheduled to go on a five-day nationwide hunger strike beginning Wednesday to push the country’s military junta to resolve the...
Guinea: Operation “Ghost Country”
New strikes have been planned in Guinea to protest the September 28 massacres. Shortly after a two-day national mourning, the women’s branch of Forces...
EU-Guinea: European Union imposes arms embargo on Guinea
The European Unions has imposed an arms embargo on Guinea and sanctions against its military leaders. According to BBC, the EU said there...
Guinea: French lawyer joins the battle
French rights lawyer, Jacques Verges and several of his colleagues have agreed to help discover the truth about last month's massacre in Conakry. Last...
Guinea: EU imposes arms embargo
EU member states have agreed to a draft resolution imposing an arms embargo on Guinea and sanctions against the military junta, following the deadly...
Guinea-USA: US backs Guinea arms embargo
The United States declared on Tuesday that it “strongly supports” a West African embargo against Guinea. According to Mail&Guardian, The US government said it...
Guinea Calling
In early April, two hungry students in Kankan went frog hunting at night in a nearby village. The Vice Rector for Teaching, Marcel Haba,...
Guinea: Military Junta defies African Union deadline
Guinea’s military leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, has defied an African Union request to declare by Saturday October 16, that he would not run...