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The declaration by authorities was met with mixed emotions, the memory of the virus that has left more than 2 500 people dead still too fresh.
The World Health Organisation declared the situation "serious" when new cases surfaced after officials thought they had contained the virus.
Mining firms have locked down operations in Guinea and pulled out some international staff as the death toll from suspected Ebola cases hit 83.
Guinea on Wednesday postponed a presidential election run-off due in four days, casting doubt on the country’s bid to return to civilian rule.
Guinea’s junta has pledged to pave the way for a return to civilian rule and said that leader Moussa Dadis Camara would need time to recover.
Guinea’s ruling military junta, facing rising international pressure, has lifted its ban on public demonstrations.
Guinea’s military rulers have detained at least two former senior commanders in a purge of the armed forces that reveals tensions following last month’s coup in the West African…
Mutinous Guinean soldiers launched a coup attempt on Tuesday hours after the death was announced of long-serving President Lansana Conte.
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday embarked on his first foreign trip since taking office this week, heading to neighbouring Guinea and Liberia to promote ties…
Guinea will start talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency on a nuclear energy programme after the discovery of uranium this month, becoming the latest African state…
The presidents of Liberia and Sierra Leone flew to neighbouring Guinea on Tuesday for talks on how to prevent its violent political unrest from destabilising their own states.…
Up to a week ago, Guinea’s private radio stations were broadcasting dramatic first-hand accounts of violent street clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces.…
Guinea refused entry to a delegation of mediators from West African regional body Ecowas on Friday, saying it had resolved the dispute which sparked a general strike last month.…
Unions in Guinea said they were ready to resume negotiations on Wednesday to end a crippling general strike after days of violent clashes around the West African country in which…
More than 20 people were killed in Guinea on Monday in clashes between protesters and security forces who opened fire on the most violent day of a two-week general strike against…
The Niger river snakes through nine countries in West Africa before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. It is an epic 4 200km in length, provides sustenance to millions of…
At a crossroads in the Avenue of the Republic in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, a group of traffic police lounge by their motorbikes while one of them waves down a rusting taxi and…
Peace returns but Guinea villagers have to wait longer for international aid. According to the finance ministry, millions of dollars’ worth of damage was inflicted in the course…
The debate on how best to provide anti-retroviral medication to HIV-positive citizens has taxed the ingenuity of many an African government — not least that of Guinea. However,…
