Activists have erected barricades in several neighbourhoods in the capital, Conakry
There is, however, good reason to believe that the country can prevent an outbreak, given its recent history of dealing with Ebola outbreaks.
A woman who died of Ebola in Liberia is thought to have contracted the disease in Guinea.
The WHO has dispatched an expert team to southern Guinea after new cases of Ebola surfaced there.
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.
As workers fled the outbreak in West Africa, China International Water and Electric employees stayed put to finish the Kaleta dam in Guinea.
Oxfam has called for a multimillion-dollar plan to rebuild the economies of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, ahead of a recovery summit in Brussels.
A London court is hearing lurid claims of bribery involving the West African country’s 2010 poll.
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/ 24 October 2014
There is little reason to worry even if a fellow passenger has contracted the disease.
Eight people who were running Ebola workshops in a remote area of Guinea have been found dead after being attacked by locals, says the government.
Top politicians and businesspeople have been cited in a US court case over disputed mining rights in Guinea.
Eight people have now recovered from the Ebola virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 90%.
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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 has battled to contain an Ebola epidemic threatening neighbouring countries as fear and confusion grips its people.
Liberia suspects numerous infections and five deaths are from the Ebola virus spreading from neighbouring Guinea, with one suspected case in Canada.
French scientists have identified the Ebola virus as the source of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in southern Guinea.
Guinea’s Cabinet and prime minister have resigned as part of a transition to a new government after elections.
Observers of Guinea’s first parliamentary elections in over a decade have raised questions about irregularities in the process.
Guineans got to the polls in the first parliamentary elections for more than a decade in the troubled west African nation.
South Africa’s mining magnate Patrice Motsepe has plans to invest in the West African country’s iron ore industry, he has told reporters.
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has promised much-delayed parliamentary polls would be organised by the end of the year.
African leaders began talks on insecurity in the Sahel region at the first African Union meeting convened by Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi.
Colonel Moussa Tiegboro Camara of Guinea has been charged for his role in a 2009 massacre of protesters against the former junta he was part of.
In the latest tit-for-tat move in a feud sparked by claims of an assassination plot, Senegal has banned any planes from travelling to or from Guinea.
Mobile operator MTN said on Sunday it had resolved a fee row with the government of Guinea that saw the West African country seize its assets there.
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/ 10 December 2010
WikiLeaks has released a secret diplomatic United States embassy cable listing two SA companies seen as critical to American interests.
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/ 3 December 2010
Guinea’s Supreme Court confirmed early on Friday the election victory of opposition leader Alpha Conde who won with 52,52% of votes.
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/ 18 November 2010
Senegal’s leader Abdoulaye Wade held talks with Guinea’s election winner and runner-up over poll results that led to deadly clashes.
Guinea was under a state of emergency on Thursday amid growing international concern over deadly post-election violence.
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/ 16 November 2010
Opposition leader Alpha Conde was early on Tuesday declared the winner in Guinea’s presidential election, taking 52,5% of votes.
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/ 15 November 2010
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is seeking international intervention after the company lost the mining rights to two exploration blocks in Guinea.
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/ 15 November 2010
Security forces in Guinea clashed with youths in Conakry on Monday as tensions mounted before the deadline for the announcement of poll results.