Lansana Conté

At the same time President Lansana Conté is fast losing any popularity he might have had at the the rigged presidential election of December 1998: like Samuel Doe's regime in Liberia and successive juntas in Sierra Leone Conté's is an easy target for rebels...

President Lansana Conté says Liberian President Charles Taylor is coordinating the operation which has killed more than 350 Guineans and exacerbated the regional effects of Sierra Leone's war...

That presupposes serious peace talks backed by President Taylor and Presidents Lansana Conté and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah...

Presidents Lansana Conté of Guinea and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone have lost patience with Taylor and the Liberian-sponsored dissidents and are tolerating if not actively encouraging Liberian rebel groups operating from their countries...

Also under suspicion according to the document are Guinean President Lansana Conté and Cameroonian President Paul Biya for their ambivalence towards Sassou...

Presidents Paul Biya Lansana Conté and Gnassingbé Eyadéma all enjoyed dubious presidential victories (1997 1998 1998)...

Immediately threatened by Taylor’s vision of West Africa is President Lansana Conté of Guinea shaky after winning a rigged election...

By fair means or foul President and General Lansana Conté is determined to 'win' the 14 December elections...

President Lansana Conté also has local security worries (some linked to dissident factions in neighbouring states) ahead of this year's presidential and parliamentary elections...

Dakar quickly offered troops to help shore up Vieira as did Guinea's President Lansana Conté...