Vol 58 No 10 | GUINEAUNITED STATES Thiam verdict makes waves 12th May 2017 After a six-day trial, former Mining Minister Mahmoud Thiam was convicted in a New York court on 3 May of laundering US$8.5 million in bribes relating to mining...
Vol 58 No 8 | GUINEA Sex, rebels and Paris trips 14th April 2017 President Condé steams ahead in the opinion polls but dissent within his party is growing as local elections approach The career of the governing party's youth leader came to an abrupt end in late February when the latest in a series of sex tapes which have been...
Vol 58 No 5 | GUINEA Compromise in Conakry 3rd March 2017 Protests organised by teachers' unions on 20 February left eight people dead and more than 50 injured, said reports from Conakry. The protesters' demands for salary increases were...
Vol 58 No 2 | GUINEA Electoral test for Condé 20th January 2017 February's local elections will gauge Condé's popularity. The economy will stay in the doldrums Guinea will finally hold its local elections in February, almost seven years late. It is the first major test of the governing coalition of President Alpha Condé since...