Lansana Conté

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 Lansana Conté's grip on power...

For three years reports have abounded of Guinea’s President Lansana Conté’s imminent demise...

A wildcard is President Lansana Conté’s son Lieutenant Ousmane who is unpopular with fellow soldiers for perceived privileges...

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 television...

Bangoura (AC Vol 47 No 12) called an emergency meeting with Solano Security Minister Ibrahima Dieng and Schools Minister Mamadou Bhoye Bah who stood against the ailing President Lansana Conté in the 2003 presidential poll...

In April he helped the ailing President Lansana Conté to oust Premier Cellou Dallein Diallo and eleven other ministers (AC Vol 47 No 10)...

The authority of the state and the economy of the world's second largest bauxite producer (after Australia) have steadily dwindled since President Lansana Conté officially announced he was ill in 2003 (AC Vol 45 No 11)...

GUINEA: The disputed local elections on 18 December which saw the ruling PUP claim victory in 31 of the 38 municipalities reinforces doubts about the credibility of President Lansana Conté's reforms and the country's stability...

Liberian national elections are due on 11 October and tensions are rising in the other troubled neighbour Guinea as military men and politicians jockey to succeed the ailing President Lansana Conté (AC Vol 46 No 11)...

Last month Canada's Global Alumina Products Corporation (Gapco) secured approval from President Lansana Conté to build a 2...