Guinea : News

[African Union]Addis Ababa, 10 May 2013: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is closely following the developments in the Republic of Guinea. She is particularly concerned by the prevailing tension on the ground and the acts of violence that occurred during authorized political demonstrations. (AllAfrica)

[IFEX]On 2 May 2013, supporters belonging to the Guinean Opposition Coalition were brutally attacked with live bullets and tear gas by police officers and gendarmes drawn from the Guinea Security Force. (AllAfrica)

[MFWA]A large crowd of supporters belonging to the Guinean Opposition Coalition were on May 2, 2013 brutally attacked with live bullets and tear gas by police officers and gendarmes drawn from the Guinea Security Force. (AllAfrica)

[The Point]One Alpha Jallow, a Guinean national, was Monday arraigned before Magistrate Babucarr Secka of the Brikama Magistrates' Court, charged with stealing. (AllAfrica)

ACCRA 05 February 2013 (IRIN) - At the launch of a Ghana-based Commission on the Impact of Drug-Trafficking on Governance, Security and Development in West Africa, its chair, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, said the situation in Mali should serve as a “wake-up call” to the perils of allowing organized crime to escalate out of control. (irinnews.org)

DAKAR 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Aid groups are urging donors to invest in water and sanitation in areas known as hotbeds for cholera. They say while such projects might directly affect a relatively small population, the indirect impact in terms of cholera reduction could be immense. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI 18 January 2013 (IRIN) - Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). (irinnews.org)

DAKAR 31 December 2012 (IRIN) - The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera. (irinnews.org)

CONAKRY 07 September 2012 (IRIN) - Guineans are hopeful that the 5 September resignation of the electoral commission president - one of the opposition’s principal demands - will break a political impasse and move the country to a long-overdue parliamentary election. (irinnews.org)

CONAKRY 03 September 2012 (IRIN) - Countless babies in Guinea are not given their first breast milk for hours - however long it takes a designated family member to bring water that is used to rinse special Koranic verses inscribed on a wooden tablet. This symbolic liquid, the first thing many babies ingest, is just one example of a custom believed to protect children but that can instead jeopardize their health. (irinnews.org)

FREETOWN/DAKAR 10 July 2012 (IRIN) - After years of cyclical cholera outbreaks in West Africa, water and sanitation standards are still notoriously low in most of the affected countries, but in some areas the cholera response is working better now than in the past. IRIN spoke to governments and aid agencies about innovations and traditional wisdom for preventing cholera. (irinnews.org)

JOHANNESBURG 19 June 2012 (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has halved food rations to refugees living in camps in at least four African countries citing a funding shortfall. (irinnews.org)

Addis Ababa, 10 May 2013: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union , Dr.

TourA© mobilized other youth to participate in a peaceful demonstration that was held at a stadium complex on September 28, 2009.

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But the head of a local victims' organization says the indictment is no guarantee that justice will be done in the case.

Lansana Conte, the former dictator of Guinea, once held sway over an asset that mining companies craved: the world's largest undeveloped iron ore deposit, valued today at as much as $50 billion.

On 2 May 2013, supporters belonging to the Guinean Opposition Coalition were brutally attacked with live bullets and tear gas by police officers and gendarmes drawn from the Guinea Security Force.

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The trial of the former grad student charged in the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings will likely be delayed weeks or months because he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's leading human rights group confirmed that a member of the country's paramilitary police unit was found guilty of raping a female demonstrator inside the national soccer stadium during a pro-democracy rally in 2009.

WAM Abu Dhabi, May 8th, 2013 -- Abdullah Sulaiman Al Hamadi, Director of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today received in his office at the ministry Al Hassan Sawari, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea to the UAE.

A corruption probe into how a group run by Israel's richest person secured rights to a Guinea iron ore project is set to spark interest from rival companies looking to swoop on one of the world's most valuable deposits.

[Liberia Govt]The Heads of State and Government of the Mano River Union (MRU), at its 22nd Ordinary Session, have endorsed recommendations of its Union Ministerial Council (UMC), including the approval of the 2013 fiscal budget of over US$9 million. They encouraged Member States to make their contributions in a timely manner to ensure implementation of planned program activities. (AllAfrica)

[UN News]The Security Council today welcomed the joint declaration of non-violence signed last week in Conakry between the main Guinean stakeholders in which they committed themselves to resolve all differences exclusively through peaceful means. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]Sierra Leonean Minister of State, Finance and Economic Development, Alhaji Foday Mansaray, has called for road network among the four Mano River Union (MRU) countries, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast. Mr. Mansaray said roads connectivity is essential for the smooth operation of trade and commerce in the subregion. (AllAfrica)

[UN]The following press statement was issued today by Security Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana ( Rwanda): (AllAfrica)

[MFWA]Police officers drawn from the mobile squad of the Guinea National Police Force on April 18, 2013 fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a large group of opposition demonstrators who were protesting against the selection of a South African software firm, Waymark, to compile a new list of voters register. (AllAfrica)

[MFWA]Angry police officers from the Mobile Police Squad of the Guinea National Police Force in the night of April 18, 2013 besieged the premises of Planete FM, owned by Abubacarr Sylla, an outspoken opposition leader, and allegedly fired shots at the radio station. (AllAfrica)

JOHANNESBURG 27 February 2013 (IRIN) - New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world. (irinnews.org)

DAKAR 18 December 2012 (IRIN) - Over 700,000 people could be displaced if military intervention goes ahead next year in northern Mali, according to preliminary estimates by humanitarian agencies, who stress that the numbers are just approximations. (irinnews.org)