Tag: Guinea

18 January 2022, 10:17 AM

Guinea's ruling junta has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and a Chinese-backed consortium to resume activities at the huge ...

Ousted Guinean leader Conde leaves country for medical check

by Paballo Lephaka

Former Guinean President Alpha Conde, ousted in a coup in September, boarded a plane on Monday to go abroad for ...

Tadele Abate, 37, weaves a fabric at the Sammy Ethiopia hand made garments, hand-woven textiles and basketry factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

US cuts off Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea from Africa duty-free trade program

2 January 2022, 9:57 AM

The United States on Saturday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on ...

Guinea junta allows ex-president Conde to leave country for medical check

1 January 2022, 12:16 PM

Guinea's junta has allowed former president Alpha Conde to leave the country for a medical check-up, according to a statement ...

FILE PHOTO: Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya, who ousted President Alpha Conde, walks out after meeting envoys from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the Guinea crisis to discuss ways to steer the country back toward constitutional regime, in Conakry, Guinea September 10, 2021.

Guinea swears in coup leader as interim president

1 October 2021, 8:35 PM

Guinea junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya was inaugurated as interim president on Friday to oversee what regional powers hope will be ...

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo speaks to members of the media as Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, and Guinea's Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya, who ousted President Alpha Conde, stand next to him after their meeting to discuss ways to return Guinea to constitutional order, in Conakry, Guinea, September 17, 2021.

Guinea junta brushes off impact of ECOWAS sanctions

18 September 2021, 9:36 PM

The leader of Guinea’s recent coup told a delegation of West African leaders he was not concerned about new sanctions ...

Envoys from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the Guinea crisis are escorted out after their meeting with special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya, who ousted President Alpha Conde in Conakry, Guinea.

West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup

16 September 2021, 8:43 AM

10 September 2021, 5:12 PM

West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to ...

Envoys from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the Guinea crisis arrive to discuss ways of returning the country to constitutional order.

Regional envoys to hold talks with Guinea junta over coup

by Bomkazi Malobola

A delegation from West Africa’s main political and economic bloc arrived in the Guinean capital on Friday in hopes of ...

Special forces members take position during an uprising that led to the toppling of president Alpha Conde in Kaloum neighbourhood of Conakry, Guinea.

West African regional bloc suspends Guinea after coup

9 September 2021, 9:37 AM

6 September 2021, 5:31 PM

West Africa's main political and economic bloc suspended Guinea's membership on Wednesday following a weekend military coup that ousted President ...

FILE PHOTO: Guinea's President Alpha Conde addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

SA condemns military coup in Guinea, calls for immediate release of President Conde

by Thabiso Malesele

6 September 2021, 2:40 PM

South Africa has joined the growing condemnation of a military coup in Guinea in West Africa which toppled President Alpha ...

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Liverpool working to get midfielder Keita back from Guinea following coup

by Celestine Hendricks

6 September 2021, 12:09 PM

Liverpool are in touch with authorities to safely bring back midfielder Naby Keita following a military coup in his homeland ...

File Image: Guinea's President Alpha Conde addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 25, 2019.

Uneasy calm in Guinea after President Conde’s apparent ouster

by Lebo Tshangela

An uneasy calm returned to the streets of Guinea's capital Conakry on Monday, as its citizens awaited the announcement of ...

An army vehicle is seen at Kaloum neighbourhood during an uprising by special forces in Conakry, Guinea.

Elite Guinea army unit says it has toppled president

6 September 2021, 3:12 AM

5 September 2021, 3:38 PM

Special forces soldiers appeared on Sunday to have ousted Guinea's long-serving president, telling the nation they had dissolved its government ...

Guinea's President Alpha Conde addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019.

Two injured in heavy gunfire near Guinea’s presidential palace

by Lerato Matlala

At least two people were injured as heavy gunfire broke out near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital Conakry on ...

Marburg case fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks depending on virus strain

Guinea records West Africa’s first Marburg virus death, WHO says

by Raymond Akamby

12 August 2021, 6:05 PM

Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the ...

A French Yellow Cross team picks up a suspected Ebola case from the centre of Forecariah on January 30, 2015.

Guinea records West Africa’s first Marburg virus death, WHO says

10 August 2021, 3:13 AM

Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the ...

A health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug.18, 2018.

Guinea records probable case of Ebola-like Marburg virus

7 August 2021, 12:59 AM

A probable case of Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, has been detected in Guinea, the health ...

The West African country has administered at least 109 296 doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far, according to government data compiled by Reuters.

Guinea receives purchase of 300 000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines

by Bomkazi Malobola

19 April 2021, 2:15 AM

Guinea received on Sunday a shipment of 300 000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China and is also set to ...

A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea, on January 30, 2015.

Guinea medics track suspected Ebola cluster after one case confirmed

by SABC Digital News

2 April 2021, 3:00 PM