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, more than 60 people...
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 pending trial on which...
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 10 January is threatening President...
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' Ismaël Doukouré.
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, and four...
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. Then on...
Vol 47 No 10 | GUINEA Who's in charge here? 12th May 2006 A sick president, a one-day government, a broken economy. What next? Nobody seems to be in charge of Guinea. The authority of the state and the economy of the world's second largest bauxite producer (after Australia) have steadily dwindled...
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...