Vol 52 No 8 | GUINEA George Soros offers some tips 15th April 2011 President Alpha Condé has invited the United States billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros to advise on a new mining code which, the President says, will facilitate ...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | GUINEACHINA Betting on Boffa 15th September 2011 The government is negotiating the biggest-ever mining contract with a state-owned Chinese company, while another deal gets downsized President Alpha Condé’s new government has been investigating the capacity of one of China’s large state-owned construction companies during the last few months. A June trip to Chi...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | GUINEACHINA Pulling away CIF’s welcome mat 15th September 2011 Guinean President Alpha Condé has removed the most attractive clauses of China International Fund’s joint venture agreement with the former military junta of Captain Moussa Dadis C...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 8 | GUINEACHINABRIEFING Doors open, doors close 9th June 2011 In early June, Guinea’s President Alpha Condé set the tone for more tense negotiations with mining investors when he declared that Chinese-style mines-for-infrastructure deals are ...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | GUINEACHINA Minding the mines 28th February 2011 President Condé called off mining contract reviews but will move to take a one-third share of all mining projects Mining investors are bracing for a long battle. On 24 January, new President Alpha Condé backtracked on promises to review mining contracts, saying that the government would instea...
Vol 51 No 23 | GUINEA Over the new rainbow 19th November 2010 Election winner Alpha Condé’s promise of national reconciliation is put to the test as his opponents’ supporters take their disputes to the street The first test started within hours of the announcement on 15 November of the victory of Alpha Condé in the second round of the presidential election with 52.5%, when supporters of...
Vol 51 No 23 | GUINEA Condé’s hard won victory 19th November 2010 It has taken Alpha Condé three attempts, a long battle with military regimes and incarceration and torture by one of them to win his country’s presidency. Condé was born in 1938 in...
Vol 51 No 20 | GUINEA Odds now on Condé 8th October 2010 Former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo is no longer the favourite to win the second round of the presidential elections, due on 24 October, after several sackings at the Commis...
Vol 51 No 19 | GUINEA Election delays and doubts 24th September 2010 The sudden postponement of the 19 September second round of the presidential election raises fresh doubts about the military’s commitment to handing over power and the prospect of ...