Browsing: Guinea

Guinean authorities have suspended a high-ranking official following an outcry over public threats made against individuals criticising the country’s military leader, General Mamady Doumbouya. The suspension…

Thirteen people, including six children, died in Guinea after a minibus accident that landed the vehicle in a river, authorities report. The collision occurred close to…

Guinea’s government on Thursday, dismissed claims of an emergency situation near its presidential palace, following reports of gunfire that caused panic in Conakry, the capital. Earlier…

Guinea’s presidency denied reports of an emergency near the presidential palace in Conakry on Thursday, after rumours of gunfire caused panic in the capital. Local media…

The body of a Guinean colonel who disappeared almost a year ago was presented to his wife in the capital, Conakry, on Wednesday, according to one…

Guinea’s state television has aired footage of Colonel Claude Pivi, the country’s most wanted fugitive, following his arrest and extradition from Liberia after a high-profile prison…

Colonel Claude Pivi, who was convicted of crimes against humanity for his involvement in a 2009 massacre in Guinea and has been on the run, was…

Lancine Konate, a Guinean man celebrated as a hero in 2022 for risking his life to save residents from a fire in Rennes, France, is now…

Guinea has allocated a plot of land to thousands who were forcibly evicted by previous governments, with some victims having waited over 25 years for compensation.…

Guinea’s capital, Conakry, came to a standstill on Thursday as a protest movement commemorated three years since the military seized power in a coup, resulting in…