Vol 46 No 3 | GUINEA Whodunit? 4th February 2005 The government blames the opposition for firing on the President's convoy: Guineans are sceptical Guinea's President Lansana Conté regularly claims to be the target of plots. This time, he was actually shot at. The regime has found a convenient opposition figure to blame...
Vol 45 No 23 | GUINEASOUTH AFRICA Honoured dictator 19th November 2004 There has been neither visible mention of nor comment on President Thabo Mbeki's recent posthumous decoration of the late President Ahmed Sekou Touré of Guinea.
Vol 45 No 16 | GUINEA Price of peace 6th August 2004 The government promised at talks in Brussels in mid-July to open a dialogue with the opposition and to improve its management of state finances. In a first gesture of goodwill, it ...
Vol 45 No 9 | GUINEA Plot news 30th April 2004 Plot accusations are common in Guinea. Yet the latest charges of plotting, levelled against former Prime Minister Sidya Touré and the deputy army Chief of Staff, Colonel Mam...
Vol 44 No 25 | GUINEA No change there, then 19th December 2003 Ill and politically incoherent, President Conté keeps going by eliminating all opposition With a presidential election looming on 21 December, Guinea's military high command has banned soldiers from carrying arms in the Samory Touré barracks where President...
Vol 44 No 7 | GUINEA Up for grabs 4th April 2003 As President Lansana Conté lies dying, the international community courts Guinea Gravely ill with complications from diabetes, President Lansana Conté has withdrawn to his home village of Moussayah, leaving the army and the divided opposition holding th...
Vol 44 No 6 | GUINEA Out for the Conté 21st March 2003 After Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, neighbouring Guinea faces troubled times. President Lansana Conté, who has heart trouble, diabetes and a heavy smoking habit, seems to...
Vol 43 No 10 | GUINEA Unstable 17th May 2002 Explosions in Conakry's main army camp on 5 May were not because of a coup but they show how the army's dominant role is becoming a liability.
Vol 43 No 5 | GUINEA Money for mercs? 8th March 2002 The French immigration authorities have created a huge row in Guinea, by deporting there a group of 18 Liberians who gave evidence last year in the trial of Guinean opposition lead...
Vol 42 No 18 | GUINEA Constitutional Conté 14th September 2001 Guineans believe President Lansana Conté is also eager to join the 'third term' club. Territorial Administration Ministry officials are behind the 'spontaneous demonstration...