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Guinea

Population: 15.41m
GDP: $25.47bn
Debt: 35.1% of GDP (2024)

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All eyes on Simandou

Opening one of the biggest iron ore mines in the world helped General Doumbouya win the election – now people want to see the benefits

General Mamady Doumbouya is a happy man at the start of the New Year. Since his election on 28 December as Guinea’s first nonpartisan candidate (he hardly bothered...


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Simandou finally opens

Government hopes China-controlled iron ore mine will catalyse a national transformation

Ministers plan to use revenues from the recently opened Simandou iron ore mine to underpin Guinea’s first sovereign wealth fund, aiming to have it operational by the second...

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Minerals exports surge in volatile market

Bauxite sales up but tariffs on Chinese metal shipments create uncertainty

Although increasing global protectionism is adding to market uncertainty, the regime is for now set to continue reaping the benefits of growing Chinese demand for steel and aluminium....

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Mamady Doumbouya plots a popular mandate

The sudden release of former dictator Camara fits with the junta leader’s plan to silence party politics and fashion a presidential election victory

One is a self-promoted general – Mamady Doumbouya, head of the military junta, the Comité national du rassemblement pour le développement (CNRD), in power since September 2021. The...


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Protesters mobilise over fate of democracy activists

Conakry governor hints at security crackdown if demonstrators defy ban on political gatherings

Civil society groups are mobilising citizens to defy a ban on political protests and take part in a three-day protest starting on 30 July to demand the release...

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Bolloré back

France’s Parquet national financier (PNF), the national agency for prosecuting financial crime, has referred the Breton billionaire and media magnate Vincent Bolloré for possible prosecution for bribery of...


The junta wants to claim Simandou's mega mine as its legacy

The generals have corralled companies to start up the world's biggest iron ore mine next year after overcoming serial legal and financing obstacles

After nearly three decades of delays and litigation, production at the giant Simandou iron ore reserves is to start early next year, say the main investors.


Beny Steinmetz loses appeal in epic Simandou corruption case

Dismissing the ruling as 'politically motivated', the mining tycoon is to make one last attempt to overturn his conviction – at the Swiss federal court

The Swiss appeal court's upholding of a guilty verdict for corruption against mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz nearly ends the decade-long legal fight over Guinea's Simandou iron ore resources,...


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