May 21, 2013
Guinea News
Francophonie Boss Visits Guinea to Unlock Political Deadlock
January 6, 2012The Head of the International Organization of the Francophonie, former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf is on a 3-day working visit to Conakry in a bid to reactivate the polical dialogue in Guinea.
Guinea to conduct population census
January 5, 2012The Guinea government plans to conduct a general population census as soon as possible. The last national census, which was done in 1986, put Guinea’s population then at 9 million.
Guinea Political Dialogue: Deadlock
January 4, 2012Relations between Guinea’s government and the opposition continue to be on a roller coaster ride.
Guinea Human Rights 'Good but More Needed' -HRW
December 22, 2011President Alpha Condé of Guinea should intensify efforts to confront chronic rule of law problems that sustained decades of abuse, said Human Rights Watch.
Guinea: 2 million public school pupils without teachers
December 6, 2011Guinean authorities say more than 500 teachers in the country have abandoned their posts, leaving a gap in the public school system.
According to the country’s Minister of Civic and Primary Education, Dr Ibrahima Kourouma, efforts are underway to address the problem and carry out the redeployment of some 516 teachers.
As Gbagbo faces ICC, Ouattara says Ivorians compelled to reconcile
December 5, 2011Former Ivorian President Laurent is due to make his first appearance before the International Criminal Court, ICC in The Hague today, Monday to answer charges of crimes against humanity, but current President Alassane Ouattara has no regrets for handing him over.
OSIWA Hails Political Dialogue in Guinea
November 18, 2011The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) has said the November
15 consultative meeting in Conakry between the Guinean president Alpha
Conde and opposition leaders signals a good starting point to address the
impasse that had crippled the transition process.
Political breakthrough in Guinea, row over parliamentary polls resolved
November 16, 2011Political dialogue has been revived in Guinea, nearly one year after violence erupted, following presidential election in the country.
In what is seen as a breakthrough, both President Alpha Conde and opposition leaders have agreed to postpone the parliamentary and local elections at a meeting called by the Guinean leader on Tuesday in Conakry.
Guinea: Political dialogue reviving, as Conde meets opposition leaders today
November 15, 2011Guinea appears to be on the path of reviving its political dialogue, as President Alpha Condè is on Tuesday due to meet with his main rivals--Celou Dalein Diallo, Sidya Touré and Moussa Solano in the capital, Conakry.
HRW worried about illtreatment of rights activists in Guinea
November 11, 2011As the ECOWAS Special envoy, Edem Kodjo was visiting Conakry at the weekend, Edem Kodjo Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Guinean government to investigate the role of two high-level officials in "the apparent illegal detention and intimidation" of members of a prominent Guinean human rights group.
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