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Civil unrest turns deadly in Guinea

Africa Aanu Adeoye - 22 May 2020

Guinea’s response to the coronavirus has exacerbated the country’s existing fault lines

Guinea opposition leaders jailed

Africa Mouctar Bah & Afp - 25 Oct 2019

Rights group criticised the ruling, saying “no one should be detained for having organised or called for a peaceful demonstration”.

Guinea’s Condé eyes third term

Africa Samira Sawlani - 26 Apr 2019

Even as Algeria and Sudan have rid themselves of their long-standing leaders, Guinea may be about to create a new president-for-life

Guinea pleads for calm after 7 people die in post-election violence

Africa Mouctar Bah - 9 Feb 2018

Activists have erected barricades in several neighbourhoods in the capital, Conakry

Guinea’s supreme court confirms Conde election victory

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Dec 2010

Guinea's Supreme Court confirmed early on Friday the election victory of opposition leader Alpha Conde who won with 52,52% of votes.

Guinea forces clash with protesters

Africa Staff Reporter - 15 Nov 2010

Security forces in Guinea clashed with youths in Conakry on Monday as tensions mounted before the deadline for the announcement of poll results.

Guinea tightens security as it waits on new vote date

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Oct 2010

Guinea deployed extra security forces to parts of Conakry on Monday after a weekend of looting and rioting fuelled by a delay to its run-off election.

Delay envisaged in Guinea vote

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 22 Oct 2010

Two days short of the planned presidential election in Guinea, people were still waiting to know whether the poll will go ahead on Sunday.

Clashes in Guinea capital ahead of run-off vote

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Oct 2010

Supporters of Guinean presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo fought with police in the suburbs of the capital on Monday.

Guinea postpones presidential poll

Africa Saliou Samb - 16 Sep 2010

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.

Presidential rivals meet after Guinea bloodshed

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Sep 2010

The two rivals battling to become Guinea's president scheduled talks on Monday to calm tensions after deadly clashes between their supporters.

Guinea voters turn page on 52 years of dictatorship

Article Malick Rokhy Ba - 24 Jun 2010

Four million Guineans vote on Sunday in the first democratic election in the West African nation.

New Sierra Leone leader to boost regional ties

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Sep 2007

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 damaged by more than a decade of war. The former insurance executive was sworn in on Monday within hours of being declared winner of a run-off election.

Opposition disqualified for Guinea elections

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Nov 2003

Guinea's Supreme Court has disqualified almost all parties from contesting the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for December 21, after the groups failed to meet a deadline for paying $10 000 required to participate in the poll. Earlier, a a coalition of opposition parties announced it would be boycotting the vote.

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