- Vol 51 No 11
- 28th May 2010
Guinea’s interim government has seen through several big developments in the mineral sector, in spite of an agreement that no new deals be ratified until after June’s elections. In April, the Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz sold 51% of his Guinean oper...
- Vol 51 No 10
- 14th May 2010
The colourful Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz has finalised two remarkable deals this year: he has sold 51% of his iron ore mining operations in Guinea to Brazil’s Vale for US$2.5 billion and he has just persuaded the Conakry government to export ore f...
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19th February 2010
The putschists use former Pentagon officials to polish their image
- Vol 51 No 2
- 22nd January 2010
The shooting of the former junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has triggered his exile and fresh talks about elections this year
- Vol 51 No 2
- 22nd January 2010
General Sékouba Konaté had tried to escape the corridors of power during the 2008 coup but destiny caught up with him a year later, following the December 2009 shooting of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. Officially, Sékouba Konaté is Third Vice-President of ...
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18th December 2009
More military infighting looms following a shoot-out on 3 December in which junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was hit in the head and then flown to Morocco for medical treatment. A former aide now on the run, Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité 'Toumba...
- Vol 50 No 22
- 6th November 2009
In the aftermath of the 28 September massacre, the junta faces sanctions and seems to have lost its way
- Vol 50 No 22
- 6th November 2009
The choice of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré as chief mediator in Guinea's worsening crisis is curious, given that the Burkinabé leader, in league with Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, had been plotting against the previous Guinean regime under ...
- Vol 50 No 20
- 8th October 2009
Condemned for massacring its own people, the junta negotiates an economic lifeline with China
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26th June 2009
Conakry's military leader regularly berates drug traffickers and corrupt businesses on the state media but is extending his stay in office