Guinea
Guinea announces three-year transition to civilian rule
The 36-month transition, decided at a legislative plenary meeting on Wednesday, is slightly shorter than the 39 months which military junta leader Colonel...
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Guinea says will prosecute ousted president for murder
Aplha Conde is among 27 former senior officials who face prosecution for 'murder, assassination and complicity,' according to a document given to journalists by prosecutor Alphonse Charles Wright.
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UN chief urges swift return to civilian rule in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali
All three countries, struggling with a jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region, have recently experienced military coups: Mali in August 2020 and May 2021; Guinea in September 2021; and Burkina Faso in January 2022.
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Guinea mine collapse kills 10 people
The accident occurred on Tuesday in a mine that had closed, but where small-scale miners had been working illegally, said Mamadou Cherif Diallo, the mayor of the rural Kounsitel region.
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West African leaders hold emergency summit after spate of coups
Emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on 24 January became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to be overtaken by the military.
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Guinea body setting return to civilian rule to meet Saturday
The West African country's ruling military, which seized power in September, announced the opening of the so-called National Transitional Council on state television on Tuesday evening.
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Coalition of 128 parties to press Guinea junta for polls
The parties 'signed a document of participation' in the CPP's position on the timetable for the transition to be submitted to the ruling junta, the former prime minister told AFP.
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West African bloc calls for election timetable from Guinea
The bloc's leaders issued a statement on Monday saying it remained 'very concerned that three months after the coup d'etat, a timetable for the return of constitutional order is yet to be issued'.
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Guinea can 'solve own problems', junta leader Doumbouya says
The junta has so far dissolved the government and institutions and replaced ministers, governors and prefects with administrators and soldiers.
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Ecowas hardens stance on Mali, Guinea
In a final declaration following Sunday's summit, Ecowas said it 'highly deplores the lack of progress' towards staging elections in Mali.
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Guinea junta warns against 'disturbing public order'
Guinea's coup leaders accused political parties and activists on Thursday of 'disturbing public order and social peace' in the West African country.
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Guinea strongman Doumbouya retires 1,000 soldiers
Former special-forces commander Doumbouya rose to power in Guinea on September 5 in a coup that ousted elected president Alpha Conde after months of brewing discontent against his government.
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Guinea coup leader picks Mandela prizewinner as foreign minister
The West African state's new diplomatic chief is Morissanda Kouyate, who last year won the UN's Nelson Mandela Prize, according to a decree read on state television late Monday.
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Guinea junta defies poll pressure, rules out exile for ex-president
The statement from the ruling council came in defiance of international pressure for Conde's release and a six-month timetable for elections after a coup on September 5 sparked global condemnation.
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West African leaders push Guinea strongman on swift elections
The meeting between Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and Doumbouya came after a regional summit on Thursday, which urged swift elections and sanctioned Guinea's putschists.
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Guinea declares end of Marburg virus outbreak: WHO
Health authorities in the country confirmed West Africa's first recorded case of Marburg on August 9, in a man whose infection was detected after he had died a week earlier.
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Mining execs hold 'promising' talks with Guinea strongman
The putsch on September 5 drew international condemnation, and also sent the price of aluminium soaring. Guinea is one of the world's largest producers of bauxite, the ore used to make aluminium.
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Ebola virus in survivors can trigger outbreaks years after infection
Scientists already knew Ebola could lie dormant in survivors, who test negative because the virus is in tissue rather than circulating in the blood.
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African Union suspends Guinea over coup as mediators land
Increasing pressure on Guinea comes amid rising fears of democratic backsliding across West Africa, where strongmen are an increasingly familiar sight.
