Vol 46 No 11 | GUINEA Vultures gather 27th May 2005 Military officers and regional warlords jockey for power as the President's condition worsens The vultures are gathering as President Lansana Conté is reported to be slipping in and out of a diabetic coma. A mass prison breakout in Conakry on 15...
Vol 46 No 11 | GUINEA Through a glass very darkly 27th May 2005 Closely watching the succession in Conakry are West African presidents, warlords and diplomats. Their central calculation is that what's good for Liberia's exiled warlord Charles Taylor will be...
Vol 46 No 3 | GUINEA Whodunit? 4th February 2005 The government blames the opposition for firing on the President's convoy: Guineans are sceptical Guinea's President Lansana Conté regularly claims to be the target of plots. This time, he was actually shot at. The regime has found a convenient opposition figure to...