Guinea

Guinea : At least 56 killed in stampede during football match

A high-stakes match between N'Zérékoré and Labé on Sunday, December 1, erupted into chaos, triggering chaotic crowd movements that left 56 people dead and many others injured, according to a provisional toll.…

7 months ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Ahmed Sékou Touré and the war of memory in Guinea

Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea's independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could…

9 months ago

Africa

‘Coup attempt’ deepens Guinea-Bissau’s unrest

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo returned in a huff from the COP28 climate conference in Dubai after what he says was an attempted coup. The African Union has expressed concern over Embalo's…

9 months ago

Africa

The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

As the world's top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this "brown gold". Some cocoa farmers consider the prices set by…

9 months ago

Africa

Guinea’s opposition candidate Diallo in capital for campaign’s final stretch

Supporters of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) greet the candidate of the opposition party Cellou Dalein Diallo in Conakry. Diallo has just returned from an election tour in the…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Guinea presidential election: Alpha Conde again?

Incumbent Alpha Conde is set to run for a third term in Guinea despite the legal questions arising from the move. The opposition does not seem to know how to deal with…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Guinean singer Mory Kante dies at 70

The Yeke Yeke singer who brought West African music to the world in the 1980s has died in his native Guinea. His son said the coronavirus travel restrictions prevented him from travelling…

5 years ago

Entertainment·Music

After two months of protests, Guinea heads into a fraught election year

For the past two months, Guinean opposition supporters have been protesting a new draft constitution that could allow President Alpha Conde to remain in power for a third term. Some 20 people…

6 years ago

News·World

Heavy surveillance in Chinese mosques and a reforestation project in Guinea

Heavy surveillance in Chinese mosques and a reforestation project in Guinea…

6 years ago

News·World

Guinea court jails protest leaders for up to twelve months

Guinea court jails protest leaders for up to twelve months.…

6 years ago

Africa·News

Guinea opposition trial: eight opposition leaders accused of organising protests

Guinea opposition trial: eight opposition leaders accused of organising protests…

6 years ago

Africa·News

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Guinea

Guinea : At least 56 killed in stampede during football match

Ahmed Sékou Touré and the war of memory in Guinea

‘Coup attempt’ deepens Guinea-Bissau’s unrest

The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

Guinea’s opposition candidate Diallo in capital for campaign’s final stretch

Guinea presidential election: Alpha Conde again?

Guinean singer Mory Kante dies at 70

After two months of protests, Guinea heads into a fraught election year

Heavy surveillance in Chinese mosques and a reforestation project in Guinea

Guinea court jails protest leaders for up to twelve months

Guinea opposition trial: eight opposition leaders accused of organising protests

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