Guinea
Delayed Ebola vaccination drive to begin in Guinea
The outbreak, declared last weekend, is the first in the region since a 2013-16 epidemic left more than 11,300 people dead, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra...
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Guinea faces Ebola 'epidemic', health chief says
The cases marked the first known resurgence of Ebola in West Africa since a 2013-2016 epidemic that began in Guinea and killed more than 11,300 people across the region.
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Guinea president Conde receives vaccine jab
Defence Minister Mohamed Diane, a scientist by training, was the first in the country to get a jab of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on December 30.
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Guinea starts coronavirus vaccinations with Russia's Sputnik V
The National Agency for Health Safety said it had obtained 60 doses of the vaccine, which would be administered to middle-aged volunteers on a trial basis.
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Mali seizes $8.5 million of gold hidden in car
The 143 kilograms of gold was en route to neighbouring Guinea.
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Guinea's Conde takes oath after disputed elections, urges unity
The 82-year-old's bid for a third term had been condemned by the opposition as an abuse of power, and dozens died in clashes.
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Guinea election challenger calls for general strike on Monday
The Constitutional Court on Saturday declared Alpha Conde winner of a controversial third term as president while Cellou Dalein Diallo called for resistance 'by all legal means'.
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Guinea court declares Alpha Conde elected president
At 59.5%, Conde's support was above the absolute majority needed to win in the first round, judges found, throwing out challenges to the October 18 ballot from figures including his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo.
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Losing candidates in Guinea reject vote result, demos to resume
One of the losing candidates, Makale Traore, pointed to "serious irregularities recorded before, during and after the vote," including "substitutions and falsifications" of the results.
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Guinea opposition chief says blockade of home lifted
Cellou Dalein Diallo said that barricades around the headquarters of his party, the UFDG, and around his offices, remained in place.
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UN, African nations urge Guinea to end blockade of opposition chief
Police barricaded Cellou Dalein Diallo inside his home in the capital Conakry last week, after he self-proclaimed victory in 18 October poll, triggering clashes which killed 21 people nationwide.
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Guinea announces partial vote tally amid post-election violence
In a broadcast statement, the president of the electoral authority Kabinet Cisse read out results from 16 constituencies, out of 38, in the West African nation.
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Three dead as Guinea hit by post-election violence
The unrest follows a high-stakes presidential election on Sunday, in which President Alpha Conde ran for a third term in a controversial bid that had already sparked mass protests in the West African country.
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African monitors back Guinea electoral process, opposition claims victory
The announcement was a blow to Guinea's leading opposition figure Cellou Dalein Diallo, who declared victory Monday against incumbent Alpha Conde after suggesting the poll was rigged.
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Guinea opposition leader declares victory in presidential poll
Diallo, 68, made the announcement without waiting for Guinea's electoral authority to publish the official tally from Sunday's race.
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Election dispute looms in Guinea after tense poll
Guineans voted Sunday in a poll in which incumbent President Alpha Conde is seeking a third term, following months of protests against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people.
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Guineans elect president in test vote for democracy
The election caps a tense political campaign marked by insults traded between President Alpha Conde and his leading rival Cellou Dalein Diallo.
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'Democratic backsliding' in W.Africa as election season begins
Millions more will vote across the region - in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria - before the year is out, under the wary eye of defenders of democracy.
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Guinea president calls for peaceful election
Addressing cheering supporters in the capital Conakry, Alpha Conde suggested that warnings of violence in the poor nation amounted to opposition provocations.
