The government blames the opposition for firing on the President's
convoy: Guineans are sceptical
There has been neither visible mention of nor comment on President
Thabo Mbeki's recent posthumous decoration of the late
President Ahmed Sekou Touré of Guinea.
The government promised at talks in Brussels in mid-July to
open a dialogue with the opposition and to improve its management
of state finances. In a first gesture of goodwill, it has dropped
charges against former Prime Minister Sidya Touré,
a...
Plot accusations are common in Guinea. Yet the latest charges of plotting, levelled against former Prime Minister Sidya Touré and the deputy army Chief of Staff, Colonel Mamadou Camara, suggest Touré's Union des Forces Républicaines i...
Ill and politically incoherent, President Conté keeps going by eliminating all opposition
As President Lansana Conté lies dying, the international
community courts Guinea
After Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, neighbouring Guinea faces troubled times. President Lansana Conté, who has heart trouble, diabetes and a heavy smoking habit, seems too ill to succeed himself when his term runs out in December. After three we...
Explosions in Conakry's main army camp on 5 May were not because of a coup but they show how the army's dominant role is becoming a liability.
The French immigration authorities have created a huge row in Guinea, by deporting there a group of 18 Liberians who gave evidence last year in the trial of Guinean opposition leader Alpha Condé. The men then claimed that Condé had recruited...
Guineans believe President Lansana Conté is also eager to join the 'third term' club. Territorial Administration Ministry officials are behind the 'spontaneous demonstrations' for a referendum on another constitutional term.
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