President Alpha Condé

At the heart of the fight for Simandou are President Alpha Condé’s government and three international mining houses: Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto which has a controlling stake in Simandou Blocks 3 and 4 and Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) which together with Brazil’s Vale control Simandou Blocks 1 and 2...

BSGR’s representatives told Africa Confidential they regard the Alpha Condé government as illegitimate and claims of corruption against them are ‘baseless...

Since Alpha Condé’s election as President in November 2010 Soros has been advising him on implementing a national mining code and introducing new standards of probity and transparency...

Two years after President Alpha Condé came to office the promise of a new era of accountability and transparency now lies in the ruins of police shootings arson and ethnic violence (AC Vol 51 No 23 Over the new rainbow & Condé's hard won victory)...

Most of their ammunition is supplied by the activities of his son Mohamed Alpha Condé aka ‘Mac’...

This year President Alpha Condé has consistently attempted to reassure investors that major projects especially in mining will go ahead as planned...

The trial of soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate President Alpha Condé is not going well for the prosecution (AC Vol 52 No 24)...

On 15 March Guinean President Alpha Condé sent a message of congratulations to China’s new leader Xi Jinping...

Guinea’s former National Director of Large Mining Projects Tidiane Diallo has been sidelined by President Alpha Condé and problems are now besetting the most advanced Chinese mining project in Guinea which Dialllo had closely overseen...

It was due to take a large stake in offshore exploration but President Alpha Condé has eliminated those contracts with the Guinea Development Corporation that were least advantageous to the state (AAC Vol 4 No 11 Betting on Boffa and Pulling away CIF's welcome mat)...

The report will also test the credibility of the mining strategy launched by President Alpha Condé’s government after it came to power in December 2010...

Conakry’s move comes just as President Alpha Condé’s government launches a wide-ranging review of mining contracts promising the process will be transparent accountable and improve the investment climate...