Tag: Guinea

US removes Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from AGOA trade programme (Al Jazeera)

The United States has cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea out of a duty-free trade programme over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. In a statement...

Simandou is China’s poisoned chalice (Luke Hurst, Peter Cai, East Asia Forum)

In September 2021, Alpha Conde — the octogenarian president of Guinea — was toppled by the special forces he created. It is the latest...

Guinea military government names Mohamed Beavogui as PM (Al Jazeera)

Guinea’s military government has named Mohamed Beavogui, a former civil servant and expert in agricultural finance, as prime minister to preside over a promised...

Guinea coup leader Mamady Doumbouya sworn in as interim president (Al Jazeera)

Doumbouya led the overthrow of President Alpha Conde on September 5 Guinea has sworn in Colonel Mamady Doumbouya as interim president, who promised to...

Guinea: Justice for 2009 massacre must be at heart of political transition (UN News)

Pramila Patten called for accountability for the 28 September 2009 incident to be at the heart of the country’s political transition. The massacre occurred when...

ECOWAS resorts to sanctions over Guinea and Mali coups (Al Jazeera)

The move on Thursday was agreed at an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States in Accra West Africa’s main regional...

Guinea/West Africa. The fall of Alpha Condé’s regime in Guinea: A critical appraisal (Rajen Harshé, ORF)

The military coup d’état in Guinea on the 5th of September, 2021 and the consequent ouster as well as arrest of the 83-year-old former President Alpha Condé...

China/Guinea. Chinese embassy issues security alert after Guinea military coup (Global Times)

Military coup in Conakry, Guinea Photo: IC Chinese Embassy in Guinea has issued a security alert for Chinese nationals and institutes in the country after...

(Democratic Republic of Congo/Guinea/Ebola) Ebola Expert Calls for Vigilance Amid Outbreaks (VoA)

Linord Moudou, Carol Guensburg With the Ebola virus flaring in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a new outbreak in Guinea, Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum is...

(Guinea) Two opposition figures given 1-year jail sentences (Al Jazeera)

Members of FNDC opposition coalition which led protests against a third term by President Alpha Conde sentenced for inciting insurrection. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/guinea-two-opposition-figures-get-one-year-jail-sentences