Vol 44 No 25 | GUINEA No change there, then 19th December 2003 Ill and politically incoherent, President Conté keeps going by eliminating all opposition With a presidential election looming on 21 December, Guinea's military high command has banned soldiers from carrying arms in the Samory Touré barracks where President Lansana Conté...
Vol 44 No 7 | GUINEA Up for grabs 4th April 2003 As President Lansana Conté lies dying, the international community courts Guinea Gravely ill with complications from diabetes, President Lansana Conté has withdrawn to his home village of Moussayah, leaving the army and the divided opposition holding their breath...
Vol 44 No 6 | GUINEA Out for the Conté 21st March 2003 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...