Vol 48 No 8 | GUINEA Under new management 13th April 2007 President Lansana Conté clings on, but with a new government and his power diluted The appointment of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister could be a turning point in Guinea's long crisis, or an attempt to shore up a crumbling dyke. Kouyaté's nominatio...
Vol 48 No 5 | GUINEA Trade union truce 2nd March 2007 The political truce which greeted President Lansana Conté's appointment of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister will be short-lived unless there is a speedy transfer of ...
Vol 48 No 4 | GUINEA Conté goes another round 16th February 2007 The appointment of a presidential ally as new prime minister has worsened the confrontation on the streets More than 60 deaths during the January general strike failed to soften President Lansana Conté who is embroiled in another - perhaps terminal - round of confrontation with h...
Vol 48 No 3 | GUINEA The strike that shook Conté 2nd February 2007 As tensions rise, both the President and his civilian opponents will lose if the military launches a coup d'état Union strikers and opposition demonstrators have secured a tactical victory against President Lansana Conté's regime after three weeks of protests, during which, in January,...
Vol 48 No 3 | GUINEA Two peas in a pod 2nd February 2007 El Hadj Mamadou Sylla, a businessman, and Fodé Soumah, formerly Deputy Governor of Guinea's Central Bank, vigorously protest their innocence of the corruption charges pendin...
Vol 48 No 2 | GUINEA Bad moon rising 19th January 2007 A general strike launched by two trades unions, the Confédération Nationale des Travilleurs de Guinée and Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Guinée, on...
Vol 47 No 23 | GUINEACONGO-KINSHASA Presidential chopper 17th November 2006 Congolese President Joseph Kabila's campaign helicopter is at the centre of a legal battle between Belgian businessman Philippe de Moerloose and Guinea's Paramount Airlines' Isma&e...
Vol 47 No 17 | GUINEA Countdown for Conté 25th August 2006 After almost a week of 'medical checks' in Switzerland, President Lansana Conté's quiet return on 17 August was marked only by a brief statement, without pictures, on state ...
Vol 47 No 13 | GUINEA Starting guns 23rd June 2006 The new government has started by shooting school children. On 12 June, five died in Conakry, two in Nzérékoré, some 970 kilometres south-east of the capital, ...
Vol 47 No 12 | GUINEA At the sick bed 9th June 2006 Fodé Bangoura is preparing for the presidency. In April, he helped the ailing President Lansana Conté to oust Premier Cellou Dallein Diallo and eleven other ministers...
